Walid Raad
dal 11/11/2011 al 14/1/2012
Segnalato da
11/11/2011
Walid Raad
Hasselblad Center, Goteborg
Hasselblad Award Winner 2011. The exhibition contains a selection of Raad's series from the early 1980s until today, among others from his first series on soldiers, the project The Atlas Group and the series Sweet Talk in which he commissioned himself to document the inhabitants, buildings, streets, store windows, gardens, etc., of Beirut.
Curator: Gunilla Knape, Hasselblad Foundation
Walid Raad, has created a highly influential and internationally recognized body of work that includes photography, video, text, installation, and performance.
Raad came to widespread attention with his remarkable project The Atlas Group (1989–2004), in which he researched and documented the contemporary history of Lebanon. Raad’s extensive body of work explores documentary practice, historical writing, and the visual representation of violence. He often attributes his documents to imaginary characters as he investigates how events of extreme violence were lived, experienced and represented.
The exhibition contains a selection of Raad’s series from the early 1980s until today, among others from his first series on soldiers, the project The Atlas Group and the series Sweet Talk in which he commissioned himself to document the inhabitants, buildings, streets, store windows, gardens, etc., of Beirut.
A book, Walid Raad – I Might Die Before I Get a Rifle, Hasselblad Award 2011, will be produced in collaboration with Steidl Verlag in connection with the exhibition.
Walid Raad, was born in Chbanieh, Lebanon in 1967. He lives and works in Beirut and New York, and has been Associate Professor of Art at The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, since 2002.
Walid Raad and Sophie Calle in Beirut
In honour of Walid Raad the Hasselblad Foundation and Ashkal Alwan organize an artist talk in Beirut by Sophie Calle, 2010 Hasselblad Award winner.
Date: Thursday 1 December 2011 at 20:00–22:00
Location: Ashkal Alwan, Corniche An Nahr, Jisr Al Wati
Image: I Might Die Before I Get a Rifle: Untitled, Device III, 1989-2008 © Walid Raad
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Hasselblad Center
The exhibition hall, Hasselblad Center is located in the Göteborg Museum of Art, situated at Götaplatsen.
Opening hours
Tuesday and Thursday 11.00-18.00, Wednesday 11.00 - 21.00, Friday - Sunday 11.00-17.00.
Admission fee
Adults SEK 40 , visitors under 25 free admission. Groups of at least 10 get a SEK 10 discount per person