The Atlas Group/ Walid Raad (b. 1967)
The Atlas Group/ Walid Raad (active since 1999)

Civilizationally, We do not dig holes to bury ourselves

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The Atlas Group/ Walid Raad (active since 1999)
Civilizationally, We do not dig holes to bury ourselves
archival inkjet print in artist's frame, in twenty-four parts
each image: 4 5/8 x 3 3/8in, (11.7 x 8.7cm.)
each sheet: 11 x 8 ½in. (28 x 21.6cm.)
Executed in 1959-2003, this work is number five from an edition of seven plus two artist's proofs
Provenance
Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
The Atlas Group (1989-2004): A Project by Walid Raad, exh. cat., Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof, 2006 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 84).
Scratching on Things I Could Disavow, Walid Raad, exh. cat., Lisbon, Culturgest, 2007 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 117-122).
Exhibited
London, Whitechapel Gallery, Walid Raad: Miraculous Beginnings, 2010-2011, p. 140 (partly illustrated, p. 37).
Gothenburg, Hasselblad Foundation, Walid Raad. I Might Die Before I Get a Rifle, Hasselblad Award Winning 2011, 2011-2012 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated).

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