Michael Rakowitz
Born in 1973 in New York, États-Unis
Michael Rakowitz is interested in the tensions between the United States and Iraq, and to a greater extent those between the West and the Middle East. Since the 2000s, his artistic practice has been permeated by issues related to notions of heritage, memory, and transmission. He reinterprets in a protean way heritage buildings that have sometimes been rendered inaccessible by geopolitical circumstances to bear witness to narratives that are not legitimized by history. His work deals with power relationships, their stakes, and their consequences on different scales, whether international, national, or local.
Born in 1973 in New York to Iraqi parents, Michael Rakowitz now lives and works in Chicago.
