Walid Raad, Let's be honest, the weather helped
By: Editor: Fredrik Liew ; text: Fredrik Liew, María Minera
Contributors: Liew, Fredrik, editor, author, curator; Minera, María, author, interviewer; Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum; Moderna Museet Malmö (Sweden)
Publisher: Stedelijk Museum; Moderna Museet; Roma Publication
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Stockholm; Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9789198417784; 9789492811707
Subjects: Exhibitions; Interviews; Artistic Photography; Violence in art; In art
Other titles: Let's be honest, the weather helped.
Description: Raad engages in how violence affects bodies, minds, culture and tradition. In his works, Raad proceeds from historical events to imagine bizarre situations and documents. The projects are closely linked to his experiences of growing up in Beirut during the civil war in Lebanon.
Notes: Title from cover.

"This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition, 'Walid Raad -- Let's be honest, the weather helped,' organized by the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and Moderna Museet, Stockholm."--Colophon.

Exhibition held at Stedelijk Museum, May 15-October 13, 2019; and Moderna Museet, February 15-May 10, 2020.

Stedelijk Museum cat. no. 943; Moderna Museet exhibition catalogue no. 408; Roma Publication no. 380.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Let's be honest, the weather helped / Fredrik Liew; title: Near and Far: an interview / María Minera; title: Kicking the Dead and/or Les Louvres, Sketchbook, Script/Slides / Walid Raad; title: Exhibition; title: Biography; title: List of Exhibited Works.