Shoot and Iraqi, Wafaa Bilal
Recent SAIC professor and Chicago artist, Wafaa Bilal, (known for his work reprogramming a video game to shoot President Bush instead of Saddam Hussein, among other controversial works), was on today’s The Leonard Lopate Show. Hear about his intense life and work here. See an great audio slideshow here. Visit his website here. He is also on The World Friday, December 19.
“Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal’s attempts to create a dialogue between Iraqis and American include being shot at tens of thousands of times by a paintball gun fired over the internet, and trying to blow up an Iraqi farmhouse he built at an art colony in California. His new memoir is Shoot an Iraqi.”
Event:
Wafaa Bilal will be speaking and signing books
Fri. Dec. 12 at 7:00 PM
Pomegranate Gallery
130 Greene St. in Soho
For more info, go here or call 212-260-4014
-via WNYC
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