Research Catalog

Title

Theater of operations : the Gulf Wars 1991-2011 / [curated by] Peter Eleey & Ruba Katrib.

Publication

• Long Island City, New York : MoMA PS1, [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Eleey, Peter
• Katrib, Ruba
• P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, host institution.

Description

283 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm

Summary

"The 1991 Gulf War marked the start of a lengthy period of American-led military involvement in Iraq that led to more than a decade of sanctions, the 2003 Iraq War, and ongoing repercussions throughout the region. Though the Iraq War officially ended in 2011, artists have continued to examine these conflicts and their impacts. Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991-2011 charts the effects of these wars on cultural production in Iraq and throughout its diasporas, as well as responses to the wars in the West, revealing how this period was defined by unsettling intersections of spectacularized violence and new imperialisms. The exhibition features more than 80 artists and collectives, including Afifa Aleiby, Dia al-Azzawi, Thuraya al-Baqsami, Paul Chan, Harun Farocki, Guerrilla Girls, Thomas Hirschhorn, Hiwa K, Hanaa Malallah, Monira Al Qadiri, Nuha al-Radi and Ala Younis. -- This catalog features newly commissioned essays by Zainab Bahrani, Rijin Sahakian, Nada Shabout and McKenzie Wark alongside texts by exhibition co-curators Peter Eleey and Ruba Katrib. Excerpts from period journals by artist Nuha Al-Radi and anonymous blogger Riverbend detail life in Iraq over two decades of war, sanctions and occupation. Reprinted essays from Jean Baudrillard and Serge Daney provide additional context, delving into the effects of the conflict upon media and visual culture"--From distributor.

Subject

• Persian Gulf War, 1991 > Exhibitions
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Exhibitions
• War in art > Exhibitions

Note

• Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York, November 3, 2019-March 1, 2020.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Inherent resolve / Peter Eleey -- The Gulf War did not take place / Jean Baudrillard -- It is still taking place / Ruba Katrib -- Baghdad diaries / Nuha al-Radi -- Embedded horizons / Rijin Sahakian -- Montage obligatory / Serge Daney -- Dafatir: testimonies of forgotten times / Nada Shabout -- Baghdad burning / Riverbend -- The hostage / McKenzie Wark -- Historical destruction in a forgotten war / Zainab Bahrani.

ISBN

• 9780996893084
• 0996893083

OCLC

• on1128098254
• SCSB-9586035

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library