Michael Rakowitz | (G)Hosting

ISAC Podcasts
As part of his series The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist, Iraqi-American conceptual artist Michael Rakowitz collaborated with the OI Museum during our centennial year to create a reappearance of a relief from the northwest palace at Nimrud, which was destroyed by Isis in 2015. In this powerful lecture, Rakowitz explores the impact that artifact looting, destruction, and displaying have on cultural identity, while examining the dynamics we encounter as we interact with the art of earlier civilizations.

Michael Rakowitz: (G)Hosting
This lecture continues our Contemporary Artist/Ancient Voices series, a set of conversations with artists who draw inspiration from the ancient Middle East.