Buch, Englisch, 548 Seiten, Format (B × H): 176 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 1584 g
Reihe: Museumskatalog
Falling Forward / Works (1995–2025)
Buch, Englisch, 548 Seiten, Format (B × H): 176 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 1584 g
Reihe: Museumskatalog
ISBN: 978-3-7757-5405-7
Verlag: Hatje Cantz Verlag
As the artist’s first major monograph, Falling Forward / Works (1995–2025) presents a comprehensive selection of exhibition materials, previously unseen archival documents, and detailed background notes on how Rabah’s methods relate to broader themes in his work. The volume also introduces new critical writing from curators, authors, and researchers on the interrelated subjects of anticipatory aesthetics, subterfuge and fugitive acts, mimicry and performativity, knowledge production, archival technologies and, crucially, the politics of humor.
KHALIL RABAH (*1961, Jerusalem) studied fine arts and architecture at the University of Texas. The work of this conceptual artist is rooted in issues of identity, displacement and politics. Characteristic of Rabah’s working method is the adaptation of institutional means of representation. In 2003, he established the fictional Palestinian Museum of Natural History and Humankind. Designed as an ongoing project, the museum finds new forms of presentation, depending on the exhibition situation and location. He lives and works in Ramallah.
Anthony Downey is Professor of Visual Culture in the Middle East and North Africa at Birmingham City University, UK. He is the series editor for Research/Practice and sits on the editorial boards of Third Text, Digital War, and Memory, Mind & Media.