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Visiting Artists Research Guide : Agnieszka Kurant, 10/25/24

Lecture Details

Title: Visiting Artist Lecture in Sculpture: Agnieszka Kurant

Date: Friday, October 25 at 11:00 AM

Location: 36 Edgewood Ave., Room 204

Additional Details:  This event is open to School of Art community members only.

Artist Biography

Agnieszka Kurant (@agnieszkakurant) / XAgnieszka Kurant (1978) is a conceptual artist originally from Łódź, Poland. She has worked in a wide variety of mediums including installation, sculpture, and film. After studying at the University of Łódź, she obtained a Master's in curating from Goldsmiths College in London. Her works often focus on the theme of instability, and she often seeks to blur the line between fact and fiction by creating imaginary locations, information systems, facts, and realities. Kurant currently lives and works in New York City.

Artist's Instagram

Books from the Library Catalog

Articles and Written Interviews

Sample Artworks

Photograph of artwork titled Chemical Garden

 

In collaboration with Magdalena Osial, Chemical Garden, Sodium silicate, copper, nickel, cobalt, chromium, manganese, iron and zinc salt, 2021

Photograph of artwork titles A.A.I.

 

A piece from the 2015 installation of A.A.I., featuring sculptures built by termite colonies.
 

Photograph of artwork titled Emergency Exit

An image from Emergency Exit (2010), Kurant’s installation, made with Aleksandra Wasilkowska, for the Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Videos

Artist Agnieszka Kurant: Horrors of Late Digital Capitalism | Louisiana Channel

Storylines: Agnieszka Kurant

Artist Lecture: Agnieszka Kurant

Noema Presents: Agnieszka Kurant

Subjective Histories of Sculpture Agnieszka Kurant | The New School

Agnieszka Kurant, The End of Signature, 2021 and 2022