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Michael Rakowitz, May the Arrogant Not Prevail, 2010

Images of Michael Rakowitz, May the Arrogant Not Prevail

  • Installation view of a castle facade with crenelations, an arched doorway, and covered with blue tiles with yellow tile–stripes and columns of painted animals.
  • An installation view of a castle facade with crenelations, an arched doorway, and covered with blue tiles with yellow tile–stripes and columns of painted animals set in a gallery.
  • The wooden backside of a facade structure resembling a castle with crenelations stands in the MCA's second-floor atrium.
Installation view of a castle facade with crenelations, an arched doorway, and covered with blue tiles with yellow tile–stripes and columns of painted animals.
Michael Rakowitz, Iraqi-American, b. 1973
May the Arrogant Not Prevail, 2010
Found Arabic packaging and newspaper, glue, cardboard, and wood
194 ¼ × 235 ¼ × 37 ½ in. (493.4 × 597.5 × 95.3 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Marshall Field’s by exchange, 2015.4
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
An installation view of a castle facade with crenelations, an arched doorway, and covered with blue tiles with yellow tile–stripes and columns of painted animals set in a gallery.
Michael Rakowitz, Iraqi-American, b. 1973
May the Arrogant Not Prevail, 2010
Found Arabic packaging and newspaper, glue, cardboard, and wood
194 ¼ × 235 ¼ × 37 ½ in. (493.4 × 597.5 × 95.3 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Marshall Field’s by exchange, 2015.4
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
The wooden backside of a facade structure resembling a castle with crenelations stands in the MCA's second-floor atrium.
Michael Rakowitz, Iraqi-American, b. 1973
May the Arrogant Not Prevail, 2010
Found Arabic packaging and newspaper, glue, cardboard, and wood
194 ¼ × 235 ¼ × 37 ½ in. (493.4 × 597.5 × 95.3 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Marshall Field’s by exchange, 2015.4
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
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