MCA Presents Wafaa Bilal: Indulge Me — Preview

MCA Wafaa Bilal: Indulge Me
Wafaa Bilal (b. 1966, Najaf, Iraq; lives in New York, NY), Rendering of Canto III, 2024. © Wafaa Bilal, courtesy of the artist.

WHEN:

February 1 - October 19, 2025

WHERE:

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60611-2643

For more information and tickets visit the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago website.

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

"...Indulge Me is a major survey of renowned artist Wafaa Bilal (b. 1966, Najaf, Iraq; lives in New York, NY). The exhibition covers five major works from Bilal’s immersive, interdisciplinary practice, which investigates the complex dynamic between international and interpersonal politics, with a particular focus on US–Iraq relations. Whether putting his own body on the line to interrogate notions of power or inventing new technological methods to rectify acts of cultural destruction, Bilal shows us what it means to consciously engage across cultures while highlighting negative global implications of consumption, exploitation, and profiteering..."

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