Closing Reception for Golnar Adili: Found in Translation: A Story of Language, Play, and a Personal Archive
Saturday, February 26, 5-7pm
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Please join us for the closing reception for Golnar Adili: Found in Translation: A Story of Language, Play, and a Personal Archive, a solo exhibition by Golnar Adili, curated and mentored by Kevin Beasley. Adili’s work is a formal investigation of language, spanning 14th century Persian poetry, didactic Iranian texts, and the artist’s own family archives. Featuring artist books, photographic and textual prints, and an installation of modular wooden sculptures, the exhibition embodies a multidisciplinary exploration of diasporic identity.
A maximum of 50 people will be admitted at a time. No appointment is necessary, but we do appreciate RSVPs. There may be a wait to enter if the gallery is at full capacity.
*Health and safety protocols for gallery visitors during te closing reception
CUE Art Foundation is required to obtain proof of COVID-19 vaccination for those visiting the gallery as part of the new Key to NYC requirement. Please be prepared to show your vaccination upon entry. Masks must be worn inside at all times.
Please note, masks or face coverings are mandatory upon entry. An optional hands-free thermometer is available upon entry. We will also continue to gather personal information for contact tracing. If you think you have a fever, have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 14 days, or have had close contact with anyone who is confirmed or suspected of having COVID-19, please don’t visit the gallery.
Hand sanitizer will be available. Checklists and press releases are available on our website. Limited printed copies will be available upon inquiry. Thank you for your cooperation and we look forward to seeing you in the gallery!
Access Notes
CUE Art Foundation is wheelchair accessible. There is an all-gender, ADA compliant, single-stall bathroom in the gallery. The space is not scent-free, but we do request that people attending come low-scent. The closest wheelchair-accessible MTA subway stations are Penn Station and Herald Square Station. If you have additional access questions or needs, please contact info@cueartfoundation.org (ideally with at least 48 hours before the event) and we will do our best to accommodate you.
Golnar Adili is a mixed media artist, educator, and designer with a focus on diasporic identity. She holds a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Michigan and has attended residencies at the Rockefeller Foundation for the Arts (Bellagio, Italy), Center for Book Arts (NYC), Smack Mellon (Brooklyn, NY), Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown (MA), MacDowell Colony (NYC), Ucross Foundation for the Arts (Clearmont, WY), Lower East Side Printshop (NYC), Women’s Studio Workshop (Rosendale, NY), and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace (NYC), among others. Adili has shown her work internationally; venues include: the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK), NURTUREart (Brooklyn, NY), Craft and Folk Art Museum (Los Angeles, CA), and International Print Center New York (NYC). She has received several grants, including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant, NYFA Fellowship in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists Books, and the Jerome Hill Finalist Grant. Adili is a Jameel Prize finalist. Her artist books are in several collections, including the Library of Congress, Rutgers University, Yale University, and University of Michigan.
In addition to her exhibition at CUE, Adili’s work is on view at Center for Book Arts (28 West 27th Street, 3rd Floor) in Father Gave Water/Baabaa Aab Daad: An Homage to Childhood, Persia, and Process, January 14 – March 26, 2022.
Kevin Beasley (b. 1985, Lynchburg, VA) is a New York-based artist who transforms materials of cultural and personal significance into sculptures, site-specific installations, and sound-based performances. His work acknowledges the complex, shared histories of the broader American experience, steeped in generational memories. A selection of recent exhibitions, installations, and performances include Prospect.5, New Orleans (2021); Performa 2021 Biennial, New York, NY; The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA (2021); Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America, New Museum, New York, NY (2021), A4 Arts Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa (2020); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (2018-2019); and The Studio Museum in Harlem, Morningside Park, NY (2016). Beasley’s work is included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Art Institute of Chicago, IL; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Dallas Museum of Art, TX; Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN; Pérez Art Museum Miami, FL; Tate, London; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, MA; Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX; The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; among others.