Michael Rakowitz, May the Arrogant Not Prevail, 2010
Images of Michael Rakowitz, May the Arrogant Not Prevail

- Short 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.
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

- Short 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.
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

- Short The wooden backside of a facade structure resembling a castle with crenelations stands in the MCA's second-floor atrium.
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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- Michael Rakowitz: Backstroke of the West–
- Short An architectural arched gateway is shown, installed within a modern gallery space. The arch is made from bricks in a range of different blues with golden yellow accents and decorated with stylized animals.