Georgia O'Keeffe, Black Iris, 1926.
In this talk, Bice Curiger will explore a kind of figuration that is unstable, where images are ambivalent or in a state of dissolution. Rather than setting out a theory, she will offer close readings of works by artists including Georgia O’Keeffe, Meret Oppenheim, Daido Moriyama, Sigmar Polke, Glenn Brown, Laura Owens, Kerry James Marshall and Peter Fischli. Together, these suggest an understanding of reality and art that is contemporary but rooted in history.
These artists, and the debates their work has prompted, have accompanied Curiger throughout her career. For this reason, she will also reflect on her curatorial work, as well as her years as editor of the art magazines.
The Speaker
Bice Curiger is an art historian, curator and writer living in Zürich. In 1984 she co-founded the art magazine Parkett, published in Zürich and New York, and was its editor-in-chief until 2017. As a curator at the Kunsthaus Zürich from 1992 to 2012, she organised major exhibitions including Birth of the Cool (1997), Hypermental (2000) and Riotous Baroque (2012). She was editorial director of Tate Etc. from 2004 to 2014, and in 2011 she was Director of the 54th Venice Biennale. From 2012 to 2025 she was Artistic Director of the Fondation Vincent van Gogh in Arles. She has written numerous books about art.
Further Information
This event is fully accessible, with lift access to Gallery 3, where the event will take place.
For any queries, please email laurie@glenn-brown.co.uk