Better be watching the clouds

1 folded sheet (16 pages) and 12 pages of facsimiles from Walid Raad's father's diary attached to a 4-panel cardboard folder.; "Walid Raad investigates how violence affects bodies, minds, art and tradition. This artist book highlights two of Raad's thoughtful and witty artworks. Here, as elsewhere in his artworks, Raad departs from historical events linked to the protracted Lebanese wars of the past forty years to create somewhat absurd, outlandish but plausible documents. Better be watching the clouds concentrates on the local, regional and international political figures whose faces and name... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Raad, Walid, 1967-
Dokumenttyp: StillImage
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Verlag/Hrsg.: Roma Publications
Schlagwörter: Artists' books--Netherlands / Lebanon--History--1990- / Diaries in art
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27594065
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://digitalcollections.saic.edu/islandora/object/islandora%3A91180

1 folded sheet (16 pages) and 12 pages of facsimiles from Walid Raad's father's diary attached to a 4-panel cardboard folder.; "Walid Raad investigates how violence affects bodies, minds, art and tradition. This artist book highlights two of Raad's thoughtful and witty artworks. Here, as elsewhere in his artworks, Raad departs from historical events linked to the protracted Lebanese wars of the past forty years to create somewhat absurd, outlandish but plausible documents. Better be watching the clouds concentrates on the local, regional and international political figures whose faces and names became fixtures in the Lebanese landscape; I want to be able to welcome my father to my house leans on diaries that Raad's father kept throughout the wars."--From the publisher.; Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Walid Raad - Let's be honest, the weather helped," organized by the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, May 18-November 13, 2019, in collaboration with Moderna Museet, Stockholm, February 15-May 10, 2020.; "Stedelijk Museum cat. no. 944."