Michael Rakowitz: Backstroke of the West

$4.98 at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Acclaimed Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz (b. 1973) is a natural storyteller who combines personal experiences with extensive research to create contextual, illustrated objects, installations, and interventions. Based in Chicago, the artist explores contested social, cultural, and political histories in his work, inviting viewers to consider their complicit relationship to the world around them. This lavishly illustrated catalogue accompanies the artist’s first museum survey and delves into ten of…