Tala MadaniTehran, Iran

Light and Suicide

Tala Madani’s paintings and animation approach issues of gender and taboo through humor, absurdity, and the grotesque. In her gestural style, male figures often appear in ridiculous physical scenarios-disemboweling themselves, vomiting on one another-which result out ofRead more

Adam PutnamNew York, New York, USA

Shadow within a shadow

Adam Putnam uses a wide variety of media such as performance, sculpture, photography, and drawing, to explore perceptions and physical relationships with space. In a 2012 solo exhibition at Locust Projects, he transformed the exhibition space by constructing remnants ofRead more

J. Parker ValentineAustin, Texas, USA

Failure Envelope

J. Parker Valentine’s process-laden drawings and installations lay bare her meticulous way of working wide-ranging surfaces from MDF panels to scraps of fabric to that of the wall. Her diverse practice also includes film, photography, painting, sculptureRead more

Curator

Suzanne CotterDirector of the Serralves Foundation, Porto

The International Artists-in-Residence were selected by Suzanne Cotter, Curator of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Project. Between 2002 and 2009, she held the positions of Senior Curator and later Deputy Director at the Modern Art Oxford. She has curatedRead more