Walid Raad: Let’s be honest, the weather helped | Introduction

Walid Raad talks about his art in this introduction to the exhibition "Walid Raad: Let’s be honest, the weather helped". The retrospective exhibition features documents and scenarios that he either wishes existed or fears are already in existence. We also meet the artist himself in a comprehensive performance work.
Raad engages how violence affects bodies, minds, culture and tradition. In his photographs, videotapes, sculptures, texts and mixed media installations, Raad proceeds from historical events to imagine seemingly ludicrous, bizarre, and wondrous situations and documents.
Walid Raad began his artist career in the late 1980s and has worked primarily on three major projects: The Atlas Group, Sweet Talk: Commissions, and Scratching on things I could disavow. These projects are closely linked to his experiences of growing up in Beirut during the civil war in Lebanon, moving to New York, and having an emerging career in a globally expansive art world.
The exhibition is on display at Moderna Museet in Stockholm 15 February - 10 May 2020.
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