And so, Raad's astringent performance and sizable exhibition of
works associated with the long - term
project Scratching
on Things I Could Disavow (2007 — ongoing) delve into the after - effects of violence in the Middle East that
are not only political but also economic, such as the creation of a retirement fund for artists that blithely hops across the major fault line of the Arab — Israeli conflict, or the construction of new museum
projects in the Gulf, or the movement of Raad's own
work in relation to art - historical narratives in different places and times that exert various pressures
on him, which at one point appear to drive the artist - as - performer
insane.
In other news and the whole reason I started to surf the internet and stumbled upon these images today (because I
'm easily distracted), I have about 20
projects going
on around my house right now — I
work on more than one room at once because I
am insane, have decorating ADD and can not just complete one room at a time.