What is a photographic image? What type of record does it provide? Can a photograph ever tell the truth or just provide a semblance of reality? There are but some of the questions artist Walid Raad has been investigating for the past 20 years in a practice that encmpasses photography, film and video, sculpture, installation and performance.

Lebanese artist Walid Raad is an influential voice in art from the Middle East. Published for his first comprehensive exhibition in the US, this catalogue surveys three decades of Raad's practice in photography, video and performance.
Beginning with his groundbreaking project The Atlas Group (1989-2004), to his recent work on the history of art in the Arab world (2007-ongoing), it offers an overview of Raad's career and features his most momentous bodies of work. Raad explores the ways we represent war and history, casting doubt on the veracity of photographic and video documentation....