Monday, March 30, 6PM
Logan Center for the Arts, Penthouse Room 901
Free and open the public
The Open Practice Committee in the Department of Visual Arts is pleased to invite Walid Raad to the University of Chicago to deliver this year’s Deborah Goodman Davis and Gerald Davis Lecture.
In this Artist Talk, Walid Raad presents images, stories, and concepts from his three ongoing long-term projects: The Atlas Group (1989-2004); Scratching on Things I Could Disavow; and Sweet Talk: Beirut (Commissions). Raad’s focus remains on how extreme forms of violence affect bodies, minds, culture, art and tradition. Raad’s presentation will also engage the work of artist, writer and thinker Jalal Toufic, whose book, The Collected Writings (1991-2024) of a Mortal to Death was recently released by No Place Press.
Established in 2018, through the generosity of Deborah Goodman Davis, the Deborah Goodman Davis and Gerald Davis Lecture Series brings vibrant voices to the University of Chicago’s Department of Visual Arts and the greater university community.
About:
In part, an artist and a Professor of Photography at Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA). The list of exhibitions (good, bad and mediocre ones); awards and grants (merited, not merited, grateful for, rejected and/or returned); education (some of it thought-provoking; some of it, less so); publications (I am fond of some of my books, but more so of the books of Jalal Toufic. You can find his here: jalaltoufic.com), can be found somewhere online.