Ian Russell

Ian Russell is curator of the David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University. For the Workspace Social, Ian will talk about his curatorial practice, developing project with artists, and recent exhibitions including Pierre Huyghe’s Untitled (Human Mask) and Fatma Bucak’s And men turned their faces from here.

Admission is free and all are welcome. Don’t forget to bring your lunch!

About Ian:

Ian Alden Russell is a contemporary art curator. Currently the Curator of Brown University’s David Winton Bell Gallery, he was previously Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art and Curatorial Practice at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey and a guest lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His curatorial practice and critical writings address historical materialism, the politics of images, institutional discrimination, political ecology, new media, and socially engaged practice.

Recent exhibitions include Pierre Huyghe’s Untitled (Human Mask); Artpace San Antonio’s 2015 International-Artist-in-Residence program; the Brown University 250th Anniversary Alumni Exhibitions featuring Taryn Simon, Paul Ramirez Jonas, Kerry Tribe, Sarah Morris, Rob Reynolds, and Dawn Clements; and the premieres of Mark Dion’s Against the Current at Ormston House in Limerick, Fatma Bucak’s And men turned their faces from there, Vincent Valdez’s The Strangest Fruit, Wafaa Bilal’s The Ashes Series, and Jin Shan 靳山’s My dad is Li Gang! 我爸是李刚!.

About the Workspace Social:

The Workspace Social is a weekly event developed as an alternative format for artists’ talks and networking. Every Thursday, a local or visiting artist is invited to join us for lunch: to discuss a recent project, to share new research or to propose an activity. Participants are welcome to bring along their lunch and to eat with the artist.

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Workspace Social #27: Ian Russell Thursday 7 September, 1-2pm Ian is visiting Limerick as part of the R&R Programme for The Sustainability Plan: tool-kits. Image: Pierre Huyghe, film still from Untitled (Human Mask) (2014), courtesy of the artist, Hauser & Wirth, London, and Anna Lena Films, Paris.