MCA Screen: Akram Zaatari January 20, 2013

One of the foremost artists working in the Middle East today, Akram Zaatari is featured in the MCA Screen series at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago. Interested in how large historic events shape the lives of individuals, Zaatari uses video and photography to record small, private moments that may cumulatively compose histories. Recently acquired by the MCA, his video 'Tomorrow everything will be alright' is the first acquisition of Zaatari's work by a museum in the United States, and forms the centerpiece of this exhibition, accompanied by several of his photographic works.