As part of Frieze London’s West End Gallery Night, Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to invite you to an exhibition walkthrough of Invisible Questions That Fill the Air: James Lee Byars and Seung-taek Lee with curator of the exhibition, Allegra Pesenti. This exhibition, organised in collaboration with Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, presents works by American artist James Lee Byars (b. 1932, d. 1997) and Korean artist Seung-taek Lee (b. 1932) and marks the first time the works of these two artists are brought into dialogue, highlighting a like-mindedness of vision and spirit. The event will take place at the gallery on Thursday 12 October with a reception from 6:00 PM and an exhibition walkthrough from 6:45 PM through to 7:15 PM.
Allegra Pesenti is an independent curator based in Rome. She previously held the posts of Associate Director and Senior Curator of the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and Chief Curator of the Menil Drawing Institute, Houston. She has curated monographic exhibitions on Enrico David, Alina Szapocznikow, Rachel Whiteread, Zarina, amongst others, and thematic shows including Gouge: The Modern Woodcut, 1870 to Now, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and Apparitions: Frottages and Rubbings from 1860 to Now, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles and the Menil Collection, Houston. Most recently, she co-curated Picasso Cut Papers, the first museum survey of Picasso’s cut drawings and sculptures, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.
No RSVP is required