Walid Raad

Title: I was overcome with a momentary panic at the thought that they were right: v1-d1
Media: Archival Inkjet Print
Date: 2004
Dimensions: 7 x 16 inches
Edition: 5/30

Artwork courtesy of the artist

Starting Bid: $400

Biography:
Walid Raad is a media artist and an Assistant Professor of Art at Cooper Union (New York, USA). Raad’s works to date include video, photography and literary essays. All, in one way or another, deal with the following concerns: the contemporary history of Lebanon with particular emphasis on the wars in Lebanon between 1975 to 1991; the representation of traumatic events of collective historical dimensions; the ways film, video, and photography function as documents of physical and psychological violence.

Raad’s video works include Up to the South (Salloum/Raad, 60 min., 1993), a collection of video shorts titled The Dead Weight of a Quarrel Hangs (Raad, 18 min., 1996-1999), and Hostage: The Bachar Tapes (Raad (Bachar), 18 min., 2000). Mixed-media projects include The Atlas Group: Documents from The Atlas Group Archive (1999-), The Loudest Muttering Is Over: Documents form The Atlas Group Archive (2001-), and My Neck Is Thinner Than A Hair (2004). His media works have been shown at Documena 11 (Kassel, Germany), The Venice Biennale (Venice, Italy), The Whitney Biennial (New York, USA), The Ayloul Festival (Beirut, Lebanon) and numerous other festivals in Europe, The Middle East, and North America. Walid Raad is also a member of the Arab Image Foundation (Beirut/New York ~ www.fai.org.lb) and a founding member of The Atlas Group (Beirut/New York ~ www.theatlasgroup.org). Walid Raad is represented by The Anthony Reynolds Gallery in London and by the Sfeir Semler Gallery in Hamburg.