Category: Uncategorized
-
Illinois State Museum Acquisition
Honored to announce three of my works into the collection of Illinois State Museum. My home State and first inclusion into a museum which makes it all so very special for me. New works in the Illinois State Museum’s collection will be on public display till December 31, 2021. These works were commissioned for the…
-
Making Kin – Worlds Becoming
https://www.instagram.com/humansandnature/ Making Kin — Worlds Becoming Curated by Andrew S. Yang “What makes you and me an us, and not them? There must be some things deeply shared—and yet something also distinct at the same time. It is a relation defined by its own relativity. How does kinship happen so that they may come to be we? In her 2015 book Staying…
-
Greenwood Art Project
https://www.greenwoodartproject.org “Though these works focus on the children of Greenwood that survived the massacre, the faces holding resilience through the trauma experienced are universal. Unfortunately, we see their faces in children present day surviving the loss of their parents due to unchecked police brutality and continued racism that remains a threat to our right of…
-
ISOLATION
ISOLATION Vol. 1 May 6, 2020 EITHNE JORDAN N. MASANI LANDFAIR MARCIA TEUSINK Curated by MARC LEPSON We live in varying states of isolation; self-imposed, government-imposed. Isolation constructed by science, by knowledge, by fear; by concern for ourselves, those we love, or for those most vulnerable. Some find peace in isolation, while some are isolated…
-
A I M BIENNIAL
detail “leaf letter / undulate (we are Water / all Water connects)” N.M. Landfair 2020 for A.I.M. 1 “leaf letter / undulate (we are Water / all Water connects)” shapes tangible facts and actions to create the connection of human/nature waterways and the need for all people to be accountable in small to substantial daily actions. http://aimbiennial.org/n-masani-landfair…
-
Third Coast Disrupted: Artists + Scientists on Climate
THE EXHIBITION: On view at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods. May 7, 2021 – August 22, 2021 21850 N. Riverwoods Rd. Riverwoods, IL. https://www.smithnaturesymposium.org/third-coast-disrupted-virtual-reception.html N. Masani Landfair “Breathing to the Next Breath”10 x 10 feet For Third Coast Disrupted: Artists + Scientists on Climate. https://www.thirdcoastdisrupted.org Third Coast Disrupted: Artists + Scientists on Climate Third Coast…
-
transceivers: channels, outlets and forces
transceivers: channels, outlets and forces Curated by William Cordova Transceivers: channels, outlets and forces curated by cultural practitioner William Cordova focuses on the intersections between futurism, ritual and the folkloric. Three intersecting themes that are fluid and constantly transmitting, receiving, informing and forming our contemporary space. Psychiatrist, philosopher and writer Franz Fanon wrote “In every society,…
-
“The past is more infinite than the future” curated by william cordova
The past is more infinite than the future is a quote from American novelist and Novel Prize Winner Toni Morrison. The quote alludes to the collapsing of the Western concept of time; past present and futures. Rather, the investment in time is placed more so in the relevance of our collective past, memory, history, including…
-
“Chicago 9”
CHICAGO 9 curated by william cordova The exhibition Chicago 9 is a curatorial project that evolved through art residency periods and studio visits between the years 2015-2017. The project includes 9 Chicago based visual and audio practitioners whose work has evolved and is informed by similar concepts of transformation, healing and alchemy that take various…
-
“End of Plastic”
From September 9, 2013 to September 30, 2013 my installation “End of Plastic” will be in Faheem Majeed’s Shack and Shanties at the Sacred Keepers Youth Garden. With this series I look at how people utilize plastic for entertainment and convenience. As art, the plastic in this work has a value for its creation through me…
N. Masani Landfair 