Picturing Islam: A Biographical Approach to Art and Identity Politics explores the roles of religion, nationalism, ethnicity, and globalization in the life and work of the prominent contemporary Indonesian artist Abdul Djalil Pirous. Presents a unique addition to the genre of anthropological life history Combines Islam, nationalism, post-colonialism, and ethnicity with a biographical focus on a contemporary artist and his work Offers a portrait of a cosmopolitan Muslim artist while weaving together visual and narrative materials to tell a striking and informative story Looks at contemporary Islamic art and the way it has been produced in the world's largest Muslim nation