Ziba Ardalan

Dr. Ziba Ardalan is the founder and artistic and executive director of Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, an art institution and educational charity established in London in 2004. A graduate of Columbia University, Ardalan served as the first director/curator of the Swiss Institute in New York. Prior to a career in art, Ardalan obtained a PhD in physical chemistry.

A painting in dark blue and white. The image depicts a group of men in white linen encircling a platform on which a couple of them are standing. The standing figures are cut off from the waist up as the top half of the painting dissolves into solid midnight blue.

Y.Z. Kami: Dematerialized

In celebration of the release of the monograph Y.Z. Kami: Works 1985–2018, and in advance of an exhibition of new works by the artist at Gagosian, Rome, Ziba Ardalan and Elena Geuna sat down to discuss Y.Z. Kami’s work. The conversation was moderated by Gagosian’s Kay Pallister.

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Y.Z. Kami: Dematerialized

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