THE GREEN CURTAIN: A PORTRAIT OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD James Bennett – TAASA Review September 2020

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This article was originally found in the September 2020 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 18).

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I n October 2019, the Art Gallery of South Australia opened No god but God: the Art of Islam, a comprehensive exhibition of 150 works of Islamic art covering 1100 years and a region stretching from north Africa to Australia.

The exhibition provided a new opportunity to research more deeply many objects in the Art Gallery’s collection.

The resulting discoveries underscored the extent to which the differing religious traditions have influenced the production of art in Islam...