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New and Recent Work by Los Angeles-Based Artist Rachel Khedoori at Hauser & Wirth

LONDON.- Hauser & Wirth presents an exhibition of new and recent work by Los Angeles-based artist Rachel Khedoori. For her first solo exhibition in London, Khedoori will present ‘The Iraq Book Project’, as well as a photographic series and a film installation featured upstairs in the American Room. Since the mid 1990s, Khedoori has created complex investigations weaving together architecture, sculpture and film. She often uses constructed elements and mirrors alongside film projections creating works that can be explored both physically and psychologically. ‘The Iraq Book Project’, Khedoori’s ongoing documentary piece, consists of a chronological compilation of news articles found online using the search terms ‘Iraq’, ‘Iraqi’ or ‘Baghdad’. The articles begin on 18 March 2003, the start date of the Iraq war, and in theory, can continue indefinitely. Presented as a series