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The Atlas Group Archive is located in Beirut and New York. The archive is also made available online and this can be found at this address:
www.theatlasgroup.org
Courtesy: Bristol’s Museums, Galleries & Archives, and
Gallery of Modern Art, Culture & Sport Glasgow (Museums)
Presented by the Art Fund through Art Fund International
WALID RAAD: Scratching on Things I Could Disavow:
A History of Art in the Arab World/Part 1 _Volume 1_Chapter 1
(Beirut: 1992–2005)
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Section 39:The Atlas Group (1989–2004), 2008
Between 1989 and 2004, I worked on a project titled The Atlas Group. It consisted of photographs, videotapes and sculptures made possible by the Lebanese wars of the past few decades.
In 2005, I was asked to exhibit this project for the first time in Beirut, in the first-of-its-kind white cube gallery. I refused.
In 2006, I was asked again. I refused again.In 2007, I was asked again. I refused again.In 2008, I was asked again. I agreed.When I went to the gallery to inspect my exhibition, I was surprised
to find that all my artworks had shrunk to 1/100th of their size. I decided to display them in a space befitting their new dimensions.
Walid Raad