Appendix 153, 2019




Appendix 153, 2019

These paintings were made in the 1970s by a relatively unknown painter named Suha Traboulsi. They were thought to be experiments in Abstraction, typical of Op Art experiments elsewhere at the time. Recently she confided to me that these paintings were actually inspired by photographs of the shelling of Beirut in the mid-70’s. She also gave me the photographs that inspired the paintings. They are pinned next to the color chart. She also gave me captions in Arabic to attach next to the photographs as well. 

Walid Raad, Appendix 153, 2019, Pigmented inkjet prints, 61 x 91 cm (each), Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2020
Appendix 153, Plate 001, 2019, Inkjet print, 61 x 91 cm
Appendix 153, Plate 002, 2019, Inkjet print, 61 x 91 cm
Appendix 153, Plate 003, 2019, Inkjet print, 61 x 91 cm
Appendix 153, Plate 004, 2019, Inkjet print, 61 x 91 cm
Appendix 153, Plate 005, 2019, Inkjet print, 61 x 91 cm
Appendix 153, Plate 006, 2019, Inkjet print, 61 x 91 cm
Appendix 153, Plate 007, 2019, Inkjet print, 61 x 91 cm
Appendix 153, Plate 008, 2019, Inkjet print, 61 x 91 cm
Appendix 153, Plate 009, 2019, Inkjet print, 61 x 91 cm
Appendix 153, Plate 010, 2019, Inkjet print, 61 x 91 cm
Appendix 153, Plate 011, 2019, Inkjet print, 61 x 91 cm
Appendix 153, Plate 012, 2019, Inkjet print, 61 x 91 cm
Appendix 153, Plate 013, 2019, Inkjet print, 61 x 91 cm

Appendix 153, 2019