Ra'ad, Walid. Better be watching the clouds_Plate 325, 2000/2017. pigmented inkjet print mounted to Dibond, Sheet: 76.2 x 50.8 cm (30 x 20 in.); Secondary Support: 76.2 x 50.8 cm (30 x 20 in.); Frame: 78.1 x 52.7 x 3.5 cm (30 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.). Alma Kroeger Fund, 2017.195. Copyrighted.

Better be watching the clouds_Plate 325

2000/2017

Walid Raad

Walid Raad (Lebanese, b. 1967)

Prints

Better be watching the clouds_Plate 325, 2000/2017. Walid Raad (Lebanese, b. 1967). Pigmented inkjet print mounted to Dibond; sheet: 76.2 x 50.8 cm (30 x 20 in.); secondary support: 76.2 x 50.8 cm (30 x 20 in.); frame: 78.1 x 52.7 x 3.5 cm (30 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma Kroeger Fund 2017.195 Walid Raad uses storytelling and surreal images to pose questions about political history and what is true. Here, an oak tree in a Middle Eastern botanical guidebook sprouts the face of US President Ronald Reagan. According to Raad, the collaged page belonged to a former Lebanese intelligence officer and botanist who assigned floral code names to world leaders during the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1991).

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Ra'ad, Walid
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: pigmented inkjet print mounted to Dibond
Medium: pigmented, inkjet, print, mounted, dibond
Dimensions: Sheet: 76.2 x 50.8 cm (30 x 20 in.); Secondary Support: 76.2 x 50.8 cm (30 x 20 in.); Frame: 78.1 x 52.7 x 3.5 cm (30 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.)
Departments: Prints
Accession Number: 2017.195
Credit Line: Alma Kroeger Fund
Exhibitions: Who RU2 Day: Mass Media and the Fine Art Print
Rights Statement: Copyrighted