Ragnar Kjartansson’s work often explores contrasting emotions; on this occasion, love and death. The video installation, Song (2011), is based on Kjartansson’s 2011 three-week performance in the Carnegie Museum of Art’s Hall of Sculpture. The work features Kjartansson’s three nieces…

Walid Raad is one of the most important contemporary artists from the Middle East. He has created a highly influential and internationally recognized body of work that includes photography, video, text, installation, and performance. In his challenging works, Raad has developed innovative methods for imaging war and for exploring political and social conflicts in art…