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Punk Orientalism: Sara Raza in Conversation with Margot Norton

Jan 11, 2023
6:30–7:30 pm

New York, NY, USA
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library of the New York Public Library

455 5th Avenue
7th floor
New York, NY 10016

 

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Join curator and writer Sara Raza in conversation with Margot Norton (Allen and Lola Goldring Curator, New Museum) on the occasion of Raza’s recently-published book Punk Orientalism: The Art of Rebellion (Black Dog Press, London). 

The book grows out of Raza’s almost two-decade long engagement with artistic practices in the former USSR, exploring transcultural ideas of revolution, rebellion, nonconformity, and postcolonialism across the unique geography of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and by proxy the Middle East and North Africa. In this program, Raza and Norton will explore how the aesthetics, attitudes, and histories of Punk and Orientalism can act as new tools for researchers in contemporary art to rethink dominant narratives of these under-researched regions. The curators also discuss how the book itself is a curatorial project, built upon Raza’s deep engagement with the experiences and works of a range of artists living in diverse post-Soviet and postcolonial realities.

ASL interpretation and real-time (CART) captioning available upon request. Please submit your request by December 29, 2022 by emailing accessibility@nypl.org.

This event is free and open to the public. RSVP required.

Presenters
Sara Raza

Sara Raza is an award-winning curator and writer specializing in global art and visual cultures from a postcolonial and post-Soviet perspective.

Margot Norton

Margot Norton is Chief Curator at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA).


Credits
This program is presented in collaboration with The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) of The New York Public Library, and made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council.