In Conversation
Taryn Simon
Louise Neri
Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 6–7pm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
www.ngv.vic.gov.au
Taryn Simon will be in conversation with Gagosian director Louise Neri at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. The evening will include reflections on key bodies of work including An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, Contraband, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII, A Polite Fiction, Paperwork and the Will of Capital, and her recent performance works An Occupation of Loss and A Cold Hole. The pair will be introduced by Simon Maidment, senior curator of contemporary art at NGV. The free event has reached capacity. To join the wait list, contact programs@ngv.vic.gov.au.
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Taryn Simon, Bird corpse, labeled as home décor, Indonesia to Miami, Florida (prohibited) from Animal Corpses (Prohibited), Animal Parts (Prohibited), Animal Skeletons (Prohibited), Animal Specimens (Prohibited), Snails (Prohibited), Butterflies (Prohibited) from the series Contraband, 2010 © Taryn Simon
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