Agnieszka Kurant Explained

Agnieszka Kurant
Birth Place:Łódź, Poland
Nationality:Polish
Education:University of Łódź, Goldsmiths College

Agnieszka Kurant (born 1978) is a Polish interdisciplinary conceptual artist. She examines how economic, social, and cultural systems work in ways that blur the lines between reality and fiction.

Biography

Kurant was born in 1978 in Łódź, Poland.[1] She studied at the University of Łódź and holds an MA in Curating from Goldsmiths College in London.[2] Kurant is particularly interested in “the economy of the invisible,” which she explores in her work by creating imaginary locations, information systems, facts, and realities.[3] Her work has been exhibited widely, including the Venice Biennale 12th International Architecture Exhibition, and is in the permanent collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.[4] [5] Her work has been reviewed in major publications such as The New York Times,[6] Art in America,[7] frieze[8] and Artforum,[9] where she also has been featured as a contributing writer.[10] She is represented by Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York, where she lives and works.[2]

In 2015, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum commissioned her work The End of Signature to be projected onto the outside facade of the building and accessioned it to be part of the museum's permanent collection. Her first solo exhibition in the United States, exformation, was featured at SculptureCenter in 2013 and she had a solo exhibition at the Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv in 2017.[11] [12] In 2010, Kurant represented Poland (along with the architect Aleksandra Wasilkowska) with the presentation Emergency Exit at the Venice Biennale 12th International Architecture Exhibition. Kurant was the 2017 visiting artist at MIT.[13]

In 2020, Kurant was a recipient of 2020 Art + Technology Lab grant from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[14]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Notes and References

  1. Book: Great women artists . 2019 . Phaidon Press . 978-0714878775 . 227.
  2. Web site: Agnieszka Kurant – Artists – Tanya Bonakdar Gallery. exhibit-e.com. tanyabonakdargallery.com.
  3. Web site: BOMB Magazine – Agnieszka Kurant by Sabine Russ. bombmagazine.org.
  4. News: polish pavilion at venice architecture biennale: emergency exit. 2010-08-31. designboom. 2017-11-25.
  5. Web site: Agnieszka Kurant: The End of Signature . Guggenheim . 28 December 2019 . 1 January 2015.
  6. News: Johnson. Ken. Agnieszka Kurant: 'Variables'. The New York Times. 9 October 2014 . October 9, 2014.
  7. Web site: Considine. Austin. Agnieszka Kurant at Tanya Bonakdar. Art in America. 29 November 2014 . December 3, 2014.
  8. Gratza . Agnieszka . Exit Ghosts . Frieze . 21 March 2014 . 162 . 28 December 2019.
  9. Web site: Agnieszka Kurant: Tanya Bonakdar Gallery . Artforum . 28 December 2019.
  10. Web site: Kurant. Agnieszka. Dispatch: Art in Warsaw. Artforum.
  11. Web site: SculptureCenter Exhibition – Agnieszka Kurant: exformation. SculptureCenter. sculpture-center.org. 2017-11-25.
  12. Web site: Agnieszka Kurant: Assembly Line. The Center for Contemporary Art . 28 December 2019.
  13. Web site: Agnieszka Kurant . Arts at MIT . 28 December 2019.
  14. Web site: 2020 Art + Technology Lab Grant Recipients Unframed. 2021-03-10. unframed.lacma.org.
  15. Web site: Agnieszka Kurant: Assembly Line CCA המרכז לאמנות עכשווית. 2021-03-10.
  16. Web site: Collective Intelligence. SCAD Museum of Art. 2021-03-10. scadmoa.org.
  17. Web site: Agnieszka Kurant. 2021-03-10. bienal.iksv.org.
  18. Web site: Checklist. 2021-03-10. brokennature.org.
  19. Web site: Broken Nature MoMA. 2021-03-10. The Museum of Modern Art.
  20. Web site: 2019-08-01. Uncanny Valley: Being Human in the Age of AI. 2021-03-10. de Young.

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