About this Event
The Discomfort of Repair: Exhibition-making as ‘pushing hands' with art’s histories
The Tai Chi based exercise of ‘pushing hands’ is a model of practice that requires its practitioners to move with incoming force to redirect it or allow it to exhaust itself. In this lecture I will use it a lens through which to consider recent curatorial projects that deal with ideas of ‘Britain’ and ‘Britishness’ including the ongoing British Art Show 9.
Hammad Nasar is a curator, writer, and strategic advisor. He is presently Senior Research Fellow, Paul Mellon Centre (London) where he co-leads the ‘London, Asia’ project. His recent exhibitions include British Art Show 9 (2021-22), Turner Prize (2021), Speech Acts: Reflection-Imagination-Repetition (2018-19) and Rock, Paper, Scissors: Positions in Play – the UAE’s pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale (2017).
Earlier, he was Lead Curator, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry; Principal Research Fellow, UAL Decolonising Arts Institute; Executive Director of the Stuart Hall Foundation, London; Head of Research & Programmes at Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong; and, co-founded Green Cardamom, London. He advises numerous arts organisations, and is a Board Member of the Henry Moore Foundation (UK) and Mophradat (Belgium).
At this event, the Association for Art History will award its inaugural Curatorial Prize for Exhibitions.
A drinks reception will follow the talk.
We are grateful to Cromwell Place for sponsoring our inaugural Curatorial Prize.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00 to GBP 5.00