With films by
Mohammadreza Farzad,
Azin Feizabadi,
Shana Moulton,
Monira Al Qadiri,
Neda Saeedi,
Cathleen Schuster,
Mounira Al Solh,
Pilvi Takala,
Tris Vonna-Michell, and
Carey Young, as well as design objects by
Nanu Al-Hamad
Recent artist self-portraits are redirecting the genre. Sharing a lack of concern with both the status of artists in society and the artist’s personality, these works generate a paradox: artists’ apparent need to focus on themselves in order to deal with broader, more complex matters in an adequate manner. As diverse as the approaches to the own self may be, they unite in their insistence on a defined speaking position and in their emphasis of the artists’ personal involvement in matters that extend far beyond their personal spheres.
In contrast to new modes of self-representation in social media, these new artist self-portraits are not concerned with identity performance. Instead, they appear to transpose the legacy of feminist art practices beginning in the 1960s and their commitment to politicizing the private sphere into a contemporary context. Interestingly, this new kind of self-portrait has evolved primarily in the mediums of video and film—in an ambiguous shift away from the more stable, fixed self in photography or painting in favor of the moving image.
Opening the 2016 cycle at MINI/Goethe-Institut Curatorial Residencies Ludlow 38,
New-Self-Portrait-Paradox is presented as a series of Sunday-afternoon screenings, including various New York and US premieres. Selected screenings will be followed by artist talks.
Curated by
Nina Tabassomi, Curatorial Resident 2016
PROGRAM
Every Sunday
Carey Young—
I am a Revolutionary
Sunday, February 7
Carey Young—
Product Recall
Pilvi Takala—
Real Snow White
Neda Saeedi—
Self-Portrait
+ Artist talk with Neda Saeedi
Sunday, February 14
Azin Feizabadi—
Cryptomnesia
+ Artist talk
Sunday, February 21
Shana Moulton—
Swisspering;
MindPlace ThoughtStream
Monira Al Qadiri—
Wa Waila (Oh Torment);
Abu Athiyya (Father of Pain)
+ Artist talk with Monira Al Qadiri *
Sunday, February 28
Mounira Al Solh—
A la Santé des Alliés
Cathleen Schuster—
Unfinished Business
+ Artist talks *
Sunday, March 6
Mohammadreza Farzad—
Into Thin Air
+ Artist talk *
Sunday, March 13
Tris Vonna-Michell—New film iteration of
Postscript I, II, III
* Videoconference
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