On the occasion of Gabriel Kuri’s solo exhibition your cost-benefit calculations at kurimanzutto New York, the gallery presents a live conversation between the curator Dieter Roelstraete.
The conversation is the thirteen chapter of the FUTURE DIALOGUES series hosted by kurimanzutto with the support of Casa Dragones.
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About FUTURE DIALOGUES
Inspired by kurimanzutto’s intergenerational program defined by a rich history of artistic collaborations, FUTURE DIALOGUES focuses on the exchange of knowledge and ideas for the artists and creatives of tomorrow.
The series has featured pioneering artists and authors: Minerva Cuevas with Alfredo Jaar, Abraham Cruzvillegas with Julie Mehretu, Carlos Amorales with Joan Jonas, Bárbara Sánchez-Kane with Rirkrit Tiravanija, Roberto Gil de Montes with Joey Terrill, Daniel Guzmán with Mónica de la Torre, and Marta Minujín with Darsie Alexander.
This series of conversations has been transformed and can now be listened to in a podcast format through Voices of kurimanzutto.
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About Gabriel Kuri
Gabriel Kuri focuses on objects and spaces that mediate human relationships to explore the untapped potential for transformation in the everyday. Engaging the principles of minimalism and capitalist consumption, he integrates elements of the familiar his collages and sculptures. Residues of human interactions—plastic bags, advertising flyers, receipts and tickets—are brought together through unexpected encounters with stones, coins and cigarette butts, as well as industrial materials, such as cement, brushed steel and insulation rolls. Often accompanied by idioms and vernacular phrases, his pieces invite a multilayered dialogue between the verbal and the visual. Kuri questions the given tenets of contemporary culture through poetic juxtapositions and hybrid objects that rethink the mundane and present the eloquence and extraordinary in daily life.
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About Dieter Roelstraete
Dieter Roelstraete is the curator at the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society at the University of Chicago, where he also teaches. He previously held curatorial positions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (2003-2011), the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2012-2015), and Documenta 14 (2015-2017). Trained as a philosopher at the University of Ghent, he has published extensively on contemporary art and related theoretical issues.
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Saturday, January 17, 4 pm
kurimanzutto New York
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