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Walid Raad

Last updated on Mon 12 October, 2015

Walid Raad

Oct 12, 2015–Jan 31, 2016

MoMA

    MoMA presents the first comprehensive American survey of the leading contemporary artist Walid Raad (b. 1967, Lebanon), featuring his work in photography, video, sculpture, and performance from the last 25 years. Dedicated to exploring the veracity of photographic and video documents in the public realm, the role of memory and narrative within discourses of conflict, and the construction of histories of art in the Arab world, Raad’s work is informed by his upbringing in Lebanon during the civil war (1975–91), and by the socioeconomic and military policies that have shaped the Middle East in the past few decades.

    The exhibition focuses on two of the artist’s long-term projects: The Atlas Group (1989–2004) and Scratching on things I could disavow (2007–ongoing). Under the rubric of The Atlas Group, a 15-year project exploring the contemporary history of Lebanon, Raad produced fictionalized photographs, videotapes, notebooks, and lectures that related to real events and authentic research in audio, film, and photographic archives in Lebanon and elsewhere. Raad’s recent work has expanded to address the Middle East region at large. His current ongoing project, Scratching on things I could disavow, examines the recent emergence in the Arab world of new infrastructure for the visual arts—art fairs, biennials, museums, and galleries—alongside the geopolitical, economic, and military conflicts that have consumed the region. The exhibition emphasizes the importance of performance, narrative, and storytelling in Raad’s oeuvre. The artist will also present his lecture-performance Walkthrough in MoMA’s Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium multiple times a week throughout the duration of the exhibition.

    Related classes: Walid Raad: Politics, Narrative, and Performance and Truth or Dare: Walid Raad’s Art and Storytelling as Performance

    Organized by Eva Respini, Barbara Lee Chief Curator, The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, with Katerina Stathopoulou, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Photography.

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      Walid Raad, MoMA, New York
      Aesthetica Magazine, English, 2015
      Walid Raad
      Undo, 2015
      A New York. Le MoMA dévoile les travaux de Walid Raad
      Pauline Mouhanna
      L'Hebdo Magazine, French, 2016
      "Walid Raad - Exhibition Catalog - Eva Respini, ed. "
      Sarah-Neel Smith
      CAA Reviews, English, 2016
      Walid Raad Spectral Archive,Part II: Testimony of Ghosts
      e-flux, English, 2016
      Exhibitions: Lebanese artist Walid Raad layers fantastic truths at MoMA
      Andy Battaglia
      The National News, English, 2015
      Walid Raad, Museum of Modern Art New York
      Saul Anton
      Frieze, English, 2015
      Walid Raad, Museum of Modern Art New York
      Kaelen Wilson Goldie
      Artforum, English, 2016
      Walid Raad, Museum of Modern Art New York
      David J. Roxburgh
      Artforum, English, 2016
      Walid Raad, Museum of Modern Art New York
      Art News, English, 2015
      randian - Truth or Fiction? Does It Matter?Walid Raad at MoMA
      randian, English, 2015
      At MoMA, Walid Raad Is Our Caravaggio
      Blake Gopnik
      Art Net, English, 2015
      L’entrée prestigieuse de Walid Raad au MoMA, pas à pas
      Sylvian Zehil
      L'Orient le Jour, French, 2015
      Meet the Artist Blending Fact and Fiction in Lebanese History
      Andrew Nunes
      Vice, English, 2015
      Unreliable Informants: A Walid Raad Primer
      Thomas Micchelli
      Hyperallergic, English, 2015
      In a Performance, Walid Raad Playfully Probes His MoMA Survey
      Eva Diaz
      Hyperallergic, English, 2016
      Walid Raad, Museum of Modern Art, New York: ‘A pure wave of irritation’
      Ariella Budick
      Financial Times, English, 2015
      Combining fact, fiction in MoMA’s ‘Walid Raad’ retrospective
      John Soltes
      Hollywood Soap Box, English, 2016
      ADRASTUS’ ARTIST WALID RAAD PRESENT AT MOMA’S MUST-SEE EXHIBITION AND PERFORMANCE
      Adrastus Museum, English
      Walid Raad’s Unreality Show Spins Middle Eastern History as Art
      Holland Cotter
      New York Times, English, 2016
      Telling Stories: Walid Raad at MoMA
      Mostafa Heddaya
      Blouin Art, English, 2015
      Walid Raad: MoMA
      Tara Plath
      The Seen Journal, English, 2015
      Walid Raad’s Blurred Lines at MoMA: Does Truth Matter?
      Culture Grrl
      Arts Journal, English, 2015
      WALID RAAD AT MOMA
      Rob Goyanes
      San Fransisco Art Quarterly (SFAQ), English, 2016
      The Walk Through - Review on Walid Raad's MoMA's Exhibition in 2015
      Laura Van Straaten
      HARPERS BAZAR Magazine, English, 2015

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