- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- State University of New York at Purchase
Michael Rakowitz creates research-based projects around cultural loss, war, museums, migration and food. He is best known for rebuilding looted Iraqi antiquities from commercial packaging and for projects that use hospitality as a form of historical inquiry.
Installation; sculpture; social practice
Artist Films
Michael Rakowitz: Haunting the West | Art21 "Extended Play"
Art2112 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 2007 onwardThe Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist
- 2003 onwardEnemy Kitchen
- 2012What Dust Will Rise?
- 1998 onwardparaSITE
- 2011Spoils
- 2010May the Arrogant Not Prevail
- 2010The Breakup
- 2004 ongoingReturn
- 2018–20Fourth Plinth: The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist
- 2019A House with a Date Palm Will Never Starve
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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