Art in General Production Notes

In conjunction with Emily Roysdon’s exhibition, Positions, Art in General is pleased to present a discussion with renowned curator and writer, Maria Lind.

Sunday, April 10, 2pm

6^th Floor Galleries, Art in General

Lind, who currently serves as the Director of Tensta Konsthall in Stockholm, has worked closely with Emily Roysdon over the past several years, most recently including her work in the exhibition, Abstract Possible, which is currently on view at the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City.

On the occasion of Roysdon’s exhibition at Art in General, Maria Lind will speak on the subject of movement and its relationship to resistance in contemporary art practice. This talk will be followed by a Q & A with the artist.

Maria Lind is currently the Director of Tensta Konsthall in Stockholm. She was the director of the graduate program at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, from 2008 to 2010. She was formerly Director of Iaspis in Stockholm (2005 to 2007) and Director of Kunstverein München (2002-2004). From 1997 to 2001, Lind was curator at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, where she was responsible for Moderna Museet Projekt. She was also co-curator of Manifesta 2 in 1998.  Lind has contributed widely to magazines, publications, and numerous exhibition catalogues, and her book of critical writing, Selected Maria Lind Writing, was recently published by Sternberg Press. She was the 2009 recipient of the Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement.

Emily Roysdon is an interdisciplinary artist and writer. Roysdon completed the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program in 2001 and an Interdisciplinary MFA at UCLA in 2006. In 2008 she was a resident at the International Artists Studio Program in Sweden (IASPIS). Her work has been shown at the 2010 Whitney Biennial,;Greater NY at PS1; Manifesta 8; Bucharest Biennale 4;  Participant, Inc. (NY); Generali Foundation (Vienna); New Museum (NY); and the Power Plant (Toronto). Recent solo shows include Konsthall C in Stockholm and a Matrix commission from the Berkeley Art Museum. Her videos have been screened widely, most recently at the Berlinale and the Images Festival (Toronto). Her writings have been published in numerous books and magazines, including the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, Zehar, C Magazine, and Women & Performance: a Journal of Feminist Theory. Roysdon is a recipient of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Award (2010) and a contributing member with the band MEN. She recently developed the concept “ecstatic resistance” to talk about the impossible and imaginary in politics. The concept debuted with simultaneous shows at Grand Arts in Kansas City, and X Initiative in New York in 2010.

For More Information on the exhibition Positions, please visit: http://www.artingeneral.org/exhibitions/506