Present Tense

Taymour Grahne Gallery is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition of APT artist Zineb Sedira: Present Tense. The exhibition marks the internationally acclaimed artist’s first solo presentation in New York. Curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath of Art Reoriented, it features a number of seminal works, ranging from photography and video to installation and sculpture.

The exhibition Zineb Sedira: Present Tense features a first-time adaptation ofThe End of the Road (2010), one of Sedira’s most elaborate multimedia installations comprising a two-channel video. In discussing the work, Sedira said: “The curators originally commissioned the work for Told, Untold Retold, the inaugural contemporary art exhibition of Mathaf, Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha. I was happy to conceive an adapted version on the occasion of my solo show in New York.” Other works in the show include Registre du phare(2011) and Museum of Traces (2013), two archive-based photographic series about Lighthouses that have survived from times of French colonial rule in Algeria. Finally, some of Zineb Sedira’s earlier works will also be on view, such as her iconic The Lovers I (2008) from the series Death of a Journey, depicting a ship graveyard situated in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, and Broken Lens (2011), as well as the more recent works Sugar Silo I and II (2013) and the sculpturesSugar Routes II - 1 and 2 (2013).

In explaining the curatorial concept for the exhibition, Bardaouil and Fellrath stated:

“This selection of works highlights the way in which Zineb Sedira explores the anxieties underlying the current moment. In doing so, she uncovers the persistent historical struggles of a fading past. While it may refract the past, her work is primarily concerned with the present; one that reveals an ongoing tension.”