Walid Raad
Subtitle: Better be watching the clouds ; Walid Raad :  I want to be able to welcome my father to my house
Contributors: Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum; Moderna museet (Stockholm, Sweden)
Series: Roma publication -- 361; Stedelijk Museum -- cat no. 944; ROMA publication -- 361.; Cat. nr. (Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum) -- 944
Publisher: Stichting Roma Publications
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789492811554
Subjects: Exhibitions
Other titles: Better be watching the clouds; I want to be able to welcome my father to my house
Description: Walid Raad investigates how violence affects bodies, minds, art, and tradition. This artist's book highlights two of his thoughtful and witty artworks. Here, as elsewhere in his artworks, Raad departs from historical events linked to the protracted Lebanese wars of the past 40 years to create somewhat absurd, outlandish but plausible documents. The first part concentrates on the local, regional, and international political figures whose faces and names became fixtures in the Lebanese landscape; the second relies upon diaries that Raad's father kept during the wars.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition entitled "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