Title & Author:

Michael Rakowitz / drafted by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Marianna Vecellio.

Publication:

Cinisello Balsamo, Milano : Silvana Editoriale, [2019]
©2019

Description:

213 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, facsimiles, photographs ; 29 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an itinerant exhibition held at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, England, June 4-August 25, 2019, at the Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy, October 7, 2019-January 19, 2020, and at the Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 11-August 30, 2020.
The name of Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev is incorrectly spelled on page 3: "Carolyn Christov-Barkargiev".
Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-211).
Visual essay -- A letter on intentions, people, projects, and enchanted things / Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev -- Michael Rakowitz: a transatlantic interview / Iwona Blazwick -- Culinary ghosting: a journey through sweet-and-sour Iraq / Ella Shohat -- Ties that bind / Marianna Vecellio -- Take care of the world / Habda Rashid -- A particulate history / Nora Razian -- Works -- End matter -- Artist's project.
Text in English and Italian.
Parallel text in English and Italian.

Summary:

Iraqi-American artist Rakowitz reconstructed thousands of artefacts looted from the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad, and those more recently destroyed at Middle Eastern archaeological sites. Sculptor, detective, draughtsman, and some time chef, Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz (New York, 1973) takes his cue from the histories of buildings and objects to create enthralling environments. Moved by both the utopian aspirations and the disasters of modernity, Rakowitz's work focuses on place and time--modernist St. Louis, Art Nouveau Istanbul, post-Taliban Afghanistan, turn of the century Iraq. A consummate storyteller, he explores the fall out of conflict and exile while delighting in the vernacular and activist strategies that communities in extremis adopt to survive. This fully illustrated survey of his most important works is accompanied by an essay by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, an interview with Michael Rakowitz by Iwona Blazwick, and a range of perspectives contributed by Habda Rashid, Nora Razian, Ella Shohat, and Marianna Vecellio.

ISBN:

9788836643332 (hardcover)
8836643337 (hardcover)

Subject:

Rakowitz, Michael Exhibitions.
Rakowitz, Michael Criticism and interpretation.
Rakowitz, Michael Themes, motives.
Rakowitz, Michael Interviews.
Rakowitz, Michael
Rakowitz, Michael 1973-
Art and society 21st century Exhibitions.
Conceptual art 21st century Exhibitions.
Art, American 21st century Exhibitions.
Arab American artists Illinois 21st century Exhibitions.
Jewish artists Illinois 21st century Exhibitions.
Art et société 21e siècle Expositions.
Art conceptuel 21e siècle Expositions.
Art américain 21e siècle Expositions.
Artistes américains d'origine arabe Illinois 21e siècle Expositions.
Artistes juifs Illinois 21e siècle Expositions.
Art and Design.
Themes, motives
Jewish artists
Conceptual art
Art, American
Arab American artists
Art and society
Project-art
Art and society History 21st century Exhibitions.
Illinois

Form/genre:

Essay
Interview
Exhibition.
exhibition catalogs.
essays.
interviews.
illustrated books.
Interviews
Illustrated works
Essays
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Exhibition catalogs
Exhibition catalogues.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Essais.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Rakowitz, Michael, artist, interviewee.
Blazwick, Iwona, interviewer.
Christov-Bakargiev, Carolyn, editor, author.
Vecellio, Marianna, editor.
Shohat, Ella, 1959- author.
Vecellio, Marianna, author.
Rashid, Habda, author.
Razian, Nora, author.
Whitechapel Art Gallery, issuing body, organizer, host institution.
Castello di Rivoli (Museum : Rivoli, Italy), issuing body, organizer, host institution.
Silvana editoriale, publisher.
Markaz Jamīl lil-Funūn, host institution.
Italy Lombardy Milan.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308065
Call No.: BIB 253510
Status: Available