{"product_id":"theater-of-operations-the-gulf-wars-19912011-9780996893084","title":"Theater of Operations The Gulf Wars 19912011","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow artists have examined the legacies of American-led military engagement in Iraq\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1991 Gulf War marked the start of a lengthy period of American-led military involvement in Iraq that led to more than a decade of sanctions, the 2003 Iraq War, and ongoing repercussions throughout the region. Though the Iraq War officially ended in 2011, artists have continued to examine these conflicts and their impacts. \u003ci\u003eTheater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 19912011\u003c\/i\u003e charts the effects of these wars on cultural production in Iraq and throughout its diasporas, as well as responses to the wars in the West, revealing how this period was defined by unsettling intersections of spectacularized violence and new imperialisms. The exhibition features more than 80 artists and collectives, including Afifa Aleiby, Dia al-Azzawi, Thuraya al-Baqsami, Paul Chan, Harun Farocki, Guerrilla Girls, Thomas Hirschhorn, Hiwa K, Hanaa Malallah, Monira Al Qadiri, Nuha al-Radi and Ala Younis.\u0026lt;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe best works in \"Theater of Operations\" dont address the war directly so much as have it in the background -- Rahel Aima * Art In America *\u003cbr\u003ea primary document of a catastrophe three decades past. It is also...a searing image of the present. -- William S. Smith * Art In America *\u003cbr\u003e[A} powerful view of the cultural impact of the Persian Gulf and Iraq wars with which American art institutions too rarely engage. -- Jason Farago * New York Times *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MoMA PS1","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885191377239,"sku":"9780996893084","price":34.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/theater-of-operations-the-gulf-wars-19912011-9780996893084","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}