On the occasion of WangShui's solo exhibition at kurimanzutto New York, the gallery presents a live conversation between WangShui and Maryam Hoseini.
The conversation is the eight chapter of the FUTURE DIALOGUES series hosted by kurimanzutto and Casa Dragones. Inspired by kurimanzutto’s intergenerational program defined by a rich history of artistic collaborations and Casa Dragones’s dynamic tradition of exploration and inquiry, FUTURE DIALOGUES focuses on the exchange of knowledge and ideas for the artists and creatives of tomorrow.
The series, launched in April 2023, has featured pioneering artists: Minerva Cuevas, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Carlos Amorales, Bárbara Sánchez-Kane, Roberto Gil de Montes, Daniel Guzmán and Marta Minujín.
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About WangShui
WangShui’s work explores divergent structures of perception. Through video, sculpture, painting and installation, they examine the psychosomatic loops that form our experience of the world. The artist’s practice integrates diverse personal experiences and research into desire, architecture and media. A central theme in their work is liminality and its radical potential as a form of resistance. WangShui often addresses the latent space of images and materials as a way to activate the hallucinatory states between detail and distance, transparency and opacity, knowing and unknowing.
WangShui received a BA in Art Practice and Social Anthropology from UC Berkeley, CA and an MFA in Film and Video from Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.
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About Maryam Hoseini
Maryam Hoseini delves into the creation of liminal worlds that serve as poignant explorations of gender construction and the inherent violence of power dynamics. Hoseini’s paintings become a gateway to a realm where the boundaries of subjectivity are probed, revealing fragmented architectural environments as the stages for unfolding narratives.
Hoseini’s work has been exhibited at the New Museum, NY; Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT; Sadie Coles HQ, London; High Art, Paris; Deborah Schamoni Gallery, Munich; Green Art Gallery, Dubai ; Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy; The Shed, NY; MoMA P.S.1, NY; amongst others.
They received a BA from Sooreh Art University in Tehran in 2012 and MFA degrees from Bard College and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2016. Hoseini is currently the Co-Chair of Painting for the MFA Program at Bard College and a visiting lecturer at Harvard University.
Hoseini lives and works in New York.
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november 16, 4 pm
kurimanzutto new york
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