Walid Raad

(Lebanese, born 1967)

Walid Raad is a contemporary Lebanese artist whose work often focuses on the recent history of his country. Working in photography, video, sculpture, and performance, Raad probes the function memory serves in forming the history of war and art. “I would also hope that we do not reduce this entire question of the document into the fact versus fiction debate; history versus aesthetics; journalism versus art; true versus false; real versus imaginary; sober versus drunk; clear versus opaque,” he has said of his practice. Born in 1967 in Chbanieh, Lebanon, Raad and his family emigrated to the United States in 1983. He received a BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology, followed by an MA and PhD in cultural and visual studies from the University of Rochester. In 1989, Raad founded The Atlas Group— a collection of films, videos, photographs, and other essays—which he uses to explain Lebanese history. The primary goal of The Atlas Group is to create a fictional archive that reexamines traditional documentation and preservation methods. The artist has gone on to participate in documenta 11 and the Venice Biennale. He currently lives and works between New York, NY and Beirut, Lebanon. Today, Raad’s works are held in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., and the Tate Gallery in London, among others.

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Epilogue: The Gold and Silver_Flies, 2021

Walid Raad

Epilogue: The Gold and Silver_Flies, 2021

Paula Cooper Gallery

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Epilogue: The Gold and Silver_Ants, 2021

Walid Raad

Epilogue: The Gold and Silver_Ants, 2021

Paula Cooper Gallery

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Epilogue: The Gold and Silver_Roaches, 2021

Walid Raad

Epilogue: The Gold and Silver_Roaches, 2021

Paula Cooper Gallery

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Epilogue: The Gold and Silver_Moth, 2021

Walid Raad

Epilogue: The Gold and Silver_Moth, 2021

Paula Cooper Gallery

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Hostage: The Bachar Tapes (English Version), 2000

Walid Raad

Hostage: The Bachar Tapes (English Version), 2000

Paula Cooper Gallery

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Civilizationally, We Do Not Dig Holes To Bury...

Walid Raad

Civilizationally, We Do Not Dig Holes To Bury...

Paula Cooper Gallery

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Sweet Talk: Commissions (Beirut) _ Plate 398, 2010

Walid Raad

Sweet Talk: Commissions (Beirut) _ Plate 398, 2010

Paula Cooper Gallery

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Walid Raad

"Untitled (BEY82_City_II, 1982-2004)",..., 1982–2004

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Untitled (1982-2007): A Project by Walid Raad, 2007

Walid Raad

Untitled (1982-2007): A Project by Walid Raad, 2007

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Traders 8.10.90 (Aus: Missing Lebanese..., 1996–2002

Walid Raad

Traders 8.10.90 (Aus: Missing Lebanese..., 1996–2002

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Festival of Gratitude _ Hafez al-Assad, 2022

Walid Raad

Festival of Gratitude _ Hafez al-Assad, 2022

Sale Date: November 24, 2022

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We decided to let them say,

Walid Raad

We decided to let them say, "we are..., 2002–2006

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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Better be watching the clouds (again)_Carter, 2021

Walid Raad

Better be watching the clouds (again)_Carter, 2021

Sale Date: September 29, 2022

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Sweet Talk: Commissions (Beirut)_Plate..., 1989–2008

Walid Raad

Sweet Talk: Commissions (Beirut)_Plate..., 1989–2008

Sale Date: November 10, 2021

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I Might Die Before I Get A Rifle,..., 1989–2008

Walid Raad

I Might Die Before I Get A Rifle,..., 1989–2008

Sale Date: November 10, 2021

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Preface to the Third Edition (Édition..., 2012

Walid Raad

Preface to the Third Edition (Édition..., 2012

Sale Date: November 9, 2021

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Scratching on Things I Could Disavow, 2010

Walid Raad

Scratching on Things I Could Disavow, 2010

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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BEY82 Plane I, 1982–2007

Walid Raad

BEY82 Plane I, 1982–2007

Sale Date: July 8, 2021

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Scratching on Things, I could Disavow (brown), 2010

Walid Raad

Scratching on Things, I could Disavow (brown), 2010

Sale Date: December 11, 2019

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BEY 82 ARTILLERY I, WE DECIDED TO LET..., 1982–2004

Walid Raad

BEY 82 ARTILLERY I, WE DECIDED TO LET..., 1982–2004

Sale Date: November 19, 2019

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WE DECIDED TO LET THEM SAY, “WE ARE..., 2002–2006

Walid Raad

WE DECIDED TO LET THEM SAY, “WE ARE..., 2002–2006

Sale Date: November 19, 2019

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BEY82_SOLDIERS_II (UNTITLED SERIES..., 1982–2007

Walid Raad

BEY82_SOLDIERS_II (UNTITLED SERIES..., 1982–2007

Sale Date: April 30, 2019

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ALREADY BEEN IN A LAKE OF FIRE (PLATES..., 1999–2003

Walid Raad

ALREADY BEEN IN A LAKE OF FIRE (PLATES..., 1999–2003

Sale Date: November 20, 2018

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LET'S BE HONEST, THE WEATHER HELPED (SAUDI..., 1998

Walid Raad

LET'S BE HONEST, THE WEATHER HELPED (SAUDI..., 1998

Sale Date: October 6, 2018

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