Wafaa Bilal
Wafaa Bilal ( Arabic وفاء بلال) (Born June 1966) is an Iraqi -American artist . He became known for his performance Domestic Tension , in which he lived in a gallery for a month and let himself be shot at with paintballs remotely , while he could be seen on the Internet via webcam .
Life
Bilal's family is from Najaf . He studied geography , created critical works of art against Saddam Hussein and was arrested as a dissident . He refused to volunteer in the invasion of Kuwait and started organizing opposition groups. In 1991 he fled Iraq and lived in a refugee camp in Saudi Arabia .
In 1992 he came to the United States and studied art at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque , where he graduated in 1999 with a "Bachelor of Fine Arts". Bilal moved to Chicago , where he received a Masters of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute in 2003 and lectured the following year. His brother was killed in a US missile attack at a checkpoint in 2004.
Bilal is a lecturer at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University . As a commissioned work for the opening of the Arab Museum of Modern Art in December 2010 in the Emirate of Qatar , Bilal had a webcam implanted on the back of his head, which sent snapshots every minute.
Selected works
- Sorrow of Baghdad (1999)
- Absinthe drinker
- Raze 213 (1999)
- Mona Lisa (2002)
- A Bar at the Folies Begère (2003)
- Baiti "My Home" (2003)
- One Chair (2005)
- Midwest Olympia (2005)
- Human Condition (2005)
- Domestic Tension (2007)
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Shoot an Iraqi: Art, Life and Resistance Under the Gun (2008) ISBN 978-0-87286-491-7 .
- Reviews and additional information on the book Shoot an Iraqi at the publisher
- David Gargill: Target practice. In: The National. August 7, 2008, accessed November 28, 2010 .
- The 3rd I Internet Implant (2010)
Web links
- Personal web presence (English)
- Bilal and the media. In: F Newsmagazine (English)
- Interview with Network Performance Daily (English)
- Interview in F Newsmagazine (English)
- SAM HUDZIK: Iraqi Artist Makes a Point with Virtual Paintballs. In: NPR All Things Considered. June 1, 2007, accessed November 28, 2010 (audio).
- Amy Goodman: 105,000 Tattoos: Iraqi Artist Turns His Own Body into a Canvas to Commemorate Dead Iraqis & Americans. In: NPR All Things Considered. March 9, 2010, accessed November 28, 2010 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Domestic Tension Frequently Asked Questions . In: Wafaa Bilal official site . Archived from the original on June 20, 2007. Retrieved June 22, 2007.
- ↑ Shot More Than 40,000 Times, an Iraqi Artist Spreads a Message with a Paintball Gun . In: AlterNet . Retrieved June 22, 2007.
- ^ Wafaa Bilal: CV . Archived from the original on February 18, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2007.
- ^ New York University . New York University. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- ↑ Erica Orden: His Hindsight Is 20-20. In: The Wall Street Journal , December 3, 2010.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bilal, Wafaa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | وفاء بلال (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1966 |