阿拉伯世界的現代與當代藝術/第一卷/貝魯特1992－2005
2007年，拉德（Walid Raad）展開一項關於阿拉伯世界現代與當代藝術的歷史研究暨藝術計劃。拉德的計劃探索近來中東和波斯灣地區關於視覺藝術的實體基礎建構之興起，包括工作坊、節慶、資金、藝術學校、畫廊、大型博物館、期刊及公私立收藏。在其中，文化觀光已成為促發經濟成長及經濟力的工具，拉德的計劃檢視並揭開其意識型態上、經濟與政治脈絡下的不同面向及現象，並探索阿拉伯世界的文化或傳統，在國內外權力爭鬥所帶來的戰爭中，所受到的有形或無形影響為何。
資料來源： 洛杉磯Redcat藝廊
In 2007, Walid Raad initiated a research and art project about the history of contemporary and modern art in the Arab world. On the one hand, Raad's project explores the recent emergence of a new physical infrastructure for the visual arts in the Middle East and the Gulf in the form of workshops, festivals, funds, art schools, white-cube galleries, large museums, journals, and private and public collections. In a context where cultural tourism has become an instrument of economic growth and power, Raad's project identifies and unpacks the ideological, economic and political dimensions of this phenomenon. On the other hand, Raad proceeds from the writings of Jalal Toufic and his concept of "the withdrawal of tradition past a surpassing disaster" to also ask whether and how culture and tradition in the Arab world may have been affected, materially and immaterially, by the various wars that have been waged there by native and external powers.
