Join us for an intimate artist talk with Yasi Alipour, an exhibiting artist in Powers of the Unseen, currently on view at Express Newark. The conversation will be moderated by Aude Tournaye, co-curator of the exhibition, and will explore Alipour’s process, spiritual inquiries, and the conceptual frameworks shaping her contributions to the show.
Together, they will reflect on the themes of mysticism, materiality, and the unseen forces that inform contemporary art and lived experience.
Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
In the Paul Robeson Gallery, the exhibition “Powers of the Unseen” features photography that explores the Muslim concept of the Unseen (الغيب or al-ghayb), referring to that which is hidden from the visible world and beyond human perception. Throughout this exhibition, the theory of the Unseen frames photography by thirteen international artists, including Yasi Alipour, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, Younes Baba-Ali, Charlotte Brathwaite, Nene Aïssatou Diallo, Binta Diaw, Bruno Hadjih, Chester Higgins, Amina Kadous, Baseera Khan, Gordon Parks, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, and Malick Welli. These artists explore the frontier between the visible and invisible, the intersection of spirituality and photography, and the limits of perception and representation. “Powers of the Unseen” is co-curated by Sandrine Colard, Wendell Marsh, Alex Dika Seggerman, and Aude Tournaye and will be on view until July 31, 2025.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from one of today’s most compelling contemporary artists in an intimate setting.
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