Past Residents
Past Resident2010: premio Terna 06 arte contemporanea
Stefano Cagol
Stefano Cagol studied in Bern, Milan and Toronto. He lives and works in Italy and Brussels. Recently, Cagol presented the solo project 11 settembre simultaneously at MART Museum in Rovereto, Italy, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria, and ZKM in Karlsruhe, Germany (2009), the public art installation Flu Power Flu at Beursschouwburg Art Center, Brussels (permanent exhibit since 2007) and a satellite event at Singapore Biennale (2006). Through videos, photographs, installations and actions Cagol touches upon socio-political themes, pointing to the contradiction between beliefs and influences.
Stefano Cagol was part of There Is No Flag Large Enough, a collaborative project with Alberto Borea and Maryam Najd.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Stefano Cagol (Italy) and Jonggeon Lee (South Korea)
August 24, 2010
Stefano Cagol, Flu Power Flu, 2007, Blinking neon writing, 51 × 59 in. (129.54 × 149.86 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Beursschouwburg Art Center, Brussels.
Stefano Cagol, Confido Diffido, 2009, Light, horn speakers, light controller, public address, morse code, and languages of the neighborhood, installation view. Courtesy of the artist and The Ever Mass Land by Nadine, Brussels.
Stefano Cagol, Light Dissolution, 2008, Light installation, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist.
Stefano Cagol, Chess Time (Time Influence), 2007, Chess platform, black and white granite slabs, and Italian and German engraved words, 315 × 315 in. (800.1 × 800.1 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Italy
Past Resident2010: Ministry of Culture of the Flemish Community Visual Arts Department
Maryam Najd
Educated in Teheran, Iran and Antwerp, Belgium, two cultural and artistic extremes, Najd’s painterly practice shows a dialectic approach in both form and content. Leaving the traditional and conflict-laden context of the Middle East for Western ‘freedom,’ Najd develops a language merging both worlds in a critical yet respectful discourse. Combining her perception of reality and the reality produced by media, she researches the anecdotal strength of the image and its message, while juxtaposing it with the idea of painting exemplifying freedom of thought. Najd lives and works in Antwerp and Berlin.
Maryam Najd was part of There Is No Flag Large Enough, a collaborative project with Alberto Borea and Stefano Cagol.
Maryam Najd, Green-Wave Heroes, 2009, Oil on canvas, 311/2 × 231/2 in. (80.01 × 59.69 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Maryam Najd, Mr. President, 2009-2010, Oil on canvas, 1511/16 × 231/2 in. (39.88 × 59.69 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Maryam Najd, Last Legs, 2007, Oil on canvas, 231/2 × 291/2 in. (59.69 × 74.93 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Maryam Najd, Masquerade, 2010, Oil on canvas, 63 × 51 in. (160.02 × 129.54 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Maryam Najd, Spectacle Trauma, 2008, Oil on canvas, 1511/16 × 231/2 in. (39.88 × 59.69 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Belgium
Past Resident2010: Anonymous
Ok-Hyun Ahn
Ok-Hyun Ahn is photographer and video artist. She recently exhibited her work in Identity, Costume, Cliche: Korean Photography Today, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, 2009 and Artist as Performer, Houston Center for Photography. She was awarded a Ssamzie Studio in Seoul in 2007.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Ok Hyun Ahn (South Korea) and Juanli Carrion (Spain)
July 27, 2010
Ok-Hyun Ahn, Erin And The Chandelier, 2007, C-print, 40 × 40 in. (101.6 × 101.6 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Ok-Hyun Ahn, Mee Sun And The Balls Of Wool, 2007, C-print, 40 × 40 in. (101.6 × 101.6 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Ok-Hyun Ahn, Soo Jung And The Capsized Minicar, 2007, C-print, 40 × 40 in. (101.6 × 101.6 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Ok-Hyun Ahn, Say Love Me (In The Mirror Ball Project), 2007, Single channel video with sound, 4:00 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Ok-Hyun Ahn, Fistful Of Love (In The Mirror Ball Project), 2007, Single channel video with sound, 6:00 min. Courtesy of the artist.
