Hiding in Plain Sight Walid Raad b. Chbanieh, Lebanon, 1967Lives and works in New York Walid Raad, Preface to the Second Edition _ I, 2012, archival inkjet print mounted on aluminum Dibond, 59" × 78-3/4" (149.9 cm × 200 cm), image 60-1/2" × 80-1/8" × 2" (153.7 cm × 203.5 cm × 5.1 cm), frame Learn More Many of Walid Raad’s works trace a curious combination of truth and fiction alongside stories of individual experiences shaped by political, economic, and military conflict. In 2007, Raad began to examine the history of art in the “Arab world” in a series of works titled Scratching on things I could disavow (of which five photographs are included in the exhibition). The project aligned with the rapid rise of large Western-brand museums, art fairs, and cultural foundations in cities such as Abu Dhabi, Beirut, Dubai, Ramallah, and Sharjah, among others. Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Walid Raad Preface to the Second Edition _ I 2012 archival inkjet print mounted on aluminum Dibond 59" × 78-3/4" (149.9 cm × 200 cm), image 60-1/2" × 80-1/8" × 2" (153.7 cm × 203.5 cm × 5.1 cm), frame Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Walid Raad, Preface to the Second Edition _ III, 2012, archival inkjet print mounted on aluminum Dibond, 59" × 78-3/4" (149.9 cm × 200 cm), image; 61" × 80-1/8" × 2" (154.9 cm × 203.5 cm × 5.1 cm), frame, Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York Learn More In this project, Raad concentrates on the stories, economies, forms, lines, volumes, gestures, and colors he encounters as he navigates in and out of these emerging infrastructures. In Raad’s Preface to the second edition, ghostly reflections hover on gray monochrome backgrounds, depicting art objects as a function of their reflection rather than objects themselves. These photographs were conceived after a visit to the Arab Museum of Modern Art in Qatar. In the artist’s words, “I was recently taken aback by how most paintings on display in the Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha lack some (but not all) reflections. I decided to provide some. I am hoping that the reflections in my photographs will eventually leave my works and attach themselves to the paintings in the museum.” Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Walid Raad Preface to the Second Edition _ III 2012 archival inkjet print mounted on aluminum Dibond 59" × 78-3/4" (149.9 cm × 200 cm), image; 61" × 80-1/8" × 2" (154.9 cm × 203.5 cm × 5.1 cm), frame, Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Walid Raad, Preface to the Second Edition _ IV, 2012, archival inkjet print mounted on aluminum Dibond, 59" × 78-3/4" (149.9 cm × 200 cm), image 60-1/2" × 80-1/8" × 2" (153.7 cm × 203.5 cm × 5.1 cm), frame Learn More Interrogating the institutional structures of art, Raad’s work suggests that the perception of art from the Middle East is a specter, an apparition without a reflection, as fraught as the institutions attempting to create a new definition of Arab art alongside the conflicts that have consumed the region. The reflections from his vantage point as a viewer, which appear to include a shadow of the artist’s own image, discuss the status of viewing and perception of art from the Middle East. The literary nature of the titles communicates his methodology in the effects of storytelling of the effects of art objects. Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Walid Raad Preface to the Second Edition _ IV 2012 archival inkjet print mounted on aluminum Dibond 59" × 78-3/4" (149.9 cm × 200 cm), image 60-1/2" × 80-1/8" × 2" (153.7 cm × 203.5 cm × 5.1 cm), frame Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Walid RaadWalid Raad (b. 1967, Chbanieh, Lebanon) lives and works in Beirut and New York and earned a BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York in 1989 and earned a MA and PhD in Cultural and Visual Studies at the University of Rochester, New York in 1993 and 1996. Important exhibitions of his work include Walid Raad: The Atlas Group Documents at the Glassell School of Art at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2008); Walid Raad at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2015); Let’s be honest, the weather helped at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (2019); Walid Raad at Paula Cooper Gallery, New York (2019). Raad’s work resides in numerous public collections, including the Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, among others. Read More Past Hiding in Plain Sight Jul 14 – Aug 20, 2021 New York