Artist
Michael Rakowitz
b. 1973 · Iraqi-American
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
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