in Frieze London | 23 JUL 24

‘Smoke’: Karla Ekaterine Canseco and Roksana Pirouzmand

At Frieze London 2024, Murmurs presents a dual exhibition by two Los Angeles-based artists, both working across sculpture and performance

in Frieze London | 23 JUL 24

For Smoke at Frieze London, Murmurs is presenting a dual stand of ceramics by Karla Ekaterine Canseco and Roksana Pirouzmand. Canseco’s sculptures are inspired by the history and mythology of the xoloitzcuintli, an ancient breed of Mexican dog given by Xolotl, Aztec god of fire and death, to Indigenous people. She is interested in clay’s ability to carry information from the past into the present. Pirouzmand uses clay to address diasporic memory and ideas of care or violence. Her ceramic wall tablets, painted with shades of clay slip, depict clusters of female figures with obscured faces, appearing as anonymous permutations of a single being.

Karla Ekaterine Canseco, Neobiota, 2024. Courtesy: the artist and Murmurs — Karla Ekaterine Canseco, *Neobiota*, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Murmurs

About Roksana Pirouzmand

Roksana Pirouzmand (b. 1990, Yazd, Iran) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles working in sculpture, installation, video and performance art. Pirouzmand received her MFA at UCLA in 2022 and her BFA from CalArts in 2017. She was recently featured in ‘Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living’ at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.

About Karla Ekaterine Canseco

Karla Ekaterine Canseco (b. 1995, San Fernando Valley, USA) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles and Mexico City. Her practice explores care, love and violence through different mediums, particularly clay and performance. Canseco’s work has been featured in the LA Times, Frieze, Artforum and Elephant Magazine.

Roksana Pirouzmand, The Past Seeps Through the Present, 2022. Courtesy: the artist and Murmurs — Roksana Pirouzmand, *The Past Seeps Through the Present*, 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Murmurs

Karla Ekaterine Canseco and Roksana Pirouzmand are presented by Murmurs at Frieze London 2024.

Further Information

Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2024, The Regent’s Park, 9 – 13 October 2024.

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^{Main Image: Karla Ekaterine Canseco,}^Neobiota^{, 2024. Courtesy: the artist and Murmurs}