Walid Raad Cotton Under My Feet Kartoniert (TB)

How does a private art collection become public? Who was Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza? These seemingly easy (and not so easy) questions are at the heart of Walid Raad's new project Cotton Under My Feet conceived for the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza coinciding with the centennial of its original founder. Deep in the museum's bowels Raad has unearthed fragments of stories fictional documents and puzzling artifacts. Walid Raad offers a vertiginous reflection on the potential legacy of the Thyssen-Bornemisza collections and their relation to the history of Western and non-Western art . Text: Eva Ebersberger Guillermo Solana Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza Jalal Toufic Daniela Zyman.