Lebanese artist Walid Raad is an influential voice in art from the Middle East. Published for his first comprehensive exhibition in the US, this catalogue surveys three decades of Raad's practice in photography, video and performance. Beginning with his groundbreaking project The Atlas Group (1989-2004), to his recent work on the history of art in the Arab world (2007-ongoing), it offers an overview of Raad's career and features his most momentous bodies of work. Raad explores the ways we represent war and history, casting doubt on the veracity of photographic and video documentation. Essays by scholars place Raad's art in the...
| Main author: |
Respini, Eva. |
| Corporate author: |
Museum of Modern Art (Nueva York) |
| Other authors: |
Flood, Finbarr Barry., Raad, Walid, 1967- |
| ISBN: |
978-0-87070-973-9
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| Language: |
English
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| Published: |
New York : Museum of Modern Art, cop. 2015.
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| Note: |
Documento en la exposición "Alejandro Cesarco. Otros ejemplos recientes" en Artium Museoa en 2023
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| Awards: |
Exposición celebrada en el Museum of Modern Art, Nueva York, 2016, en el Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 2016, y en el Museo Jumex, México D.F, entre 2016 y 2017
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| CN: |
174191 |
| Format: |
Book
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| Physical description: |
192 p. : fot., il. ; 32 cm
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| Contents: |
I thought I'd escape my fate, but apparently / Walid Raad -- Slippery delays and optical mysteries: the work of Walid Raad / Eva Respini -- The Atlas Group -- Scratching on things I could disavow -- Staging traces of histories not easily disavowed / Finbarr Barry Flood
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