ISCP Talk: Artists at Work, Elias Wessel With Matt Saunders

For this Artists at Work, ISCP artist-in-residence Elias Wessel will be joined by artist Matt Saunders, Professor of Art, Film and Visual Studies at Harvard University, who wrote an essay on Wessel’s work in the recent book, Elias Wessel: Aesthetics of Conflict (Kettler Verlag, 2023). They will discuss Wessel’s abstract »paintings,« which are made up of photographs and digital material, the intersection between photography and painting, and the impact of new technologies on art and society. The talk takes place on Monday, December 11, 2023, 6:30–7:30 PM; International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), 1040 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211.

Elias Wessel, Schöne neue Welt [Brave New World], No. 1, detail, 2020 (all images © 2023 the Artist/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York

Elias Wessel is an artist who employs photography to create images and multidisciplinary projects that reflect contemporary societal discourses. He has exhibited works at 1014, New York; Palais Beauharnais, Paris; Kunstsammlung im Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin; Goethe Institute, Frankfurt am Main; NRW-Forum, Dusseldorf; Art Basel, Basel; Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, among many others. Wessel is an artist in residence at ISCP from Germany, who has been based in New York City since 2008.

Matt Saunders is an artist whose work moves between painting, photography, printmaking, and multi-screen installations with animated film. He has had solo exhibitions at Tate Liverpool, St. Louis Art Museum and the Renaissance Society, and group exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum, the Whitney, MassMOCA, Sharjah Biennial, and SF MoMA among many others. His work is represented by Marian Goodman Gallery and Blum & Poe. He splits his time between New York, Berlin and Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he is Professor of Art, Film and Visual Studies at Harvard University.

This event is supported by Brigitte Vosse; Hartfield Foundation; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature; SpallArt Collection; James Rosenquist Foundation; van Beuren Charitable Foundation; and William Talbott Hillman Foundation.

Elias Wessel, Schöne neue Welt [Brave New World], filmstill, 2020.

Accessibility information: Please note that the entrance to ISCP has seven steps and a ramp, which is ADA compliant. There are seven artist studios and one exhibition space which can be accessed on the first floor of ISCP. There is an accessible bathroom on the first floor at the end of the hallway, up one step, where the artist studios are located. To access the second floor there is a staircase with a grab bar installed on the right side with 22 steps. The second floor has 22 artist and curator studios, one exhibition space, and a lounge where remarks by our guest speaker will take place. To access the third floor there is a staircase with a grab bar installed on the right side with 24 steps. The third floor has five artist and curator studios. ISCP can access a freight elevator to bring visitors between the first and second floors on request.

ISCP can offer two reserved parking spaces on request for people with disabilities. Please email Veronica Sanchez at vsanchez@iscp-nyc.org to request a parking space and/or freight elevator usage.

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