Khalil Rabah: Falling Forward / Works (1995-2025)

Khalil Rabahs artistic practice investigates the future of visual arts production under emergency conditions, proposing speculative institutions and producing new critical writing on anticipatory aesthetics, subterfuge, fugitive acts, mimicry, performativity, knowledge production, archival technologies, and the politics of humor. His first major monograph, Falling Forward / Works (1997–2025), presents a comprehensive selection of exhibition materials and background notes on his methods.

Format: Hardback
Length: 548 pages
Publication date: 26 January 2023
Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Khalil Rabahs artistic practice delves into the realm of visual arts production in the context of long-standing national and international emergencies. By examining the intricate relationships between historically sanctioned exhibition spaces, experimental settings, fictional narratives, and the histories of displacement, Rabah's methods not only propose but also actively create speculative institutions. His first major monograph, Falling Forward / Works (1997–2025), serves as a comprehensive compilation of exhibition materials, previously unseen archival documents, and detailed background notes that elucidate the connections between Rabah's approaches and broader themes in his artistic oeuvre. Additionally, the volume introduces fresh critical perspectives from curators, authors, and researchers, exploring the interconnected domains of anticipatory aesthetics, subterfuge and fugitive acts, mimicry and performativity, knowledge production, archival technologies, and, importantly, the politics of humor.

Khalil Rabahs artistic practice explores the future of visual arts production in the context of long-standing national and international emergencies. By examining the complex interplay between historically sanctioned exhibition spaces, experimental settings, fictional narratives, and the histories of displacement, Rabah's methods propose and actively create speculative institutions. His first major monograph, Falling Forward / Works (1997–2025), serves as a comprehensive compilation of exhibition materials, previously unseen archival documents, and detailed background notes that elucidate the connections between Rabah's approaches and broader themes in his artistic oeuvre. Additionally, the volume introduces fresh critical perspectives from curators, authors, and researchers, exploring the interconnected domains of anticipatory aesthetics, subterfuge and fugitive acts, mimicry and performativity, knowledge production, archival technologies, and, importantly, the politics of humor.

Weight: 1592g
Dimension: 176 x 241 x 51 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783775754057