APOGEE ISSUE 06 PREVIEW: Kapwani Kiwanga

    Today’s preview features artist Kapwani Kiwanga. “Flowers for Africa: Nigeria” speaks for itself.     Flowers for Africa: Nigeria, 2014 Pièce unique Cut flowers, Ribbon Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Jérôme Poggi © Aurélien Mole   KAPWANI KIWANGA was born in Hamilton, Canada in 1978, and currently resides in Paris. Kiwanga studied Anthropology and Comparative Religions at McGill University, Canada. Her work intentionally confuses truth and fiction in order to unsettle hegemonic narratives and create spaces in which marginal and fantastical discourse can flourish. Kiwanga’s fondness for oral traditions drives a continual exploration of the formal possibilities of orality in her performance, sound, and video work. She has been artist-in-residence at L’Ecole National Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (France); Le Fresnoy: National Contemporary Art Studio (France); MU Foundation, Eindhoven (Netherlands); Le Manège, Dakar, Senegal. Her film and video works have been nominated for two BAFTAs and have received awards at international film festivals. She has exhibited internationally including at Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Foundation Ricard, Paris, France; Glasgow Centre of Contemporary Art; Paris Photo; Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, Almería, Spain; and the Art Catalyst, London. Recent and Upcoming exhibitions include solo exhibitions at FIAC, 1:54, Galerie Jérôme Poggi, Galerie...
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APOGEE ISSUE 06 PREVIEW: Kaitlin Pomerantz

      Today we’d like to share Kaitlin Pomerantz’s “Content Aware.” Stay tuned for more exclusive visual art featured in Apogee Issue 06, available for purchase this Thursday, December 11.         Content Aware (Street Morphology series), 2015 Digital photo-collage Permission of artist   KAITLIN POMERANTZ is a visual artist in Philadelphia.

APOGEE ISSUE 06 PREVIEW: Imran Perretta

    One week until the launch of Apogee Issue 06, which we will celebrate at the Bureau of General Services Queer Division on December 10th @ 7PM. Join us! Until then, we are honored to feature Imran Perretta’s “Devotion.”       Devotion, 2014 Prayer mat (facing Makkah), tape recording, tape player, newspaper clipping, Nag Champa scent. Dimensions variable. Photo credit: Andy Keate   IMRAN PERRETTA’s work occupies a shifting, liminal territory between time/s and place/s. He deploys the authentic trace alongside the theatrical and the constructed to meditate on the inheritance of identity, the marginal body and the passing of individual and cultural histories. Current exhibitions include a solo presentation of 5 percent for Kunsten.nu alongside the group show Just Frustration at SixtyEight, Copenhagen, Denmark. Recent shows include Devotions at MOT International Project Space (2015), New Contemporaries at the Liverpool Biennial and the ICA, London (2014). In 2014, Perretta was the recipient of the Boise Travel Scholarship. He lives and works in London, UK.