For the first public program in conjunction with the Close Readings exhibitions Aziz Hazara, It‘s Only Sound That Remains and Always In My Heart, guest curator Muheb Esmat will lead a tour of the exhibitions for the Insider’s Tour as part of Art in DUMBO’s December First Thursday.

The exhibitions are curated in conjunctionby Muheb Esmat, part of the newly launched Close Readings series. Close Readings presents a new commission by one under-recognized, early, or mid-career artist in Gallery One, along with an accompanying exhibition in Gallery Two that uses the central commission as a curatorial framework. This program extends our support for interdisciplinary artists by building conversations around their practices in addition to facilitating the realization of ambitious, site-specific projects. This pairing of exhibitions, guest curated by Muheb Esmat, centers the artists’ investigations of the complex and manifold matters of everyday life as experienced in their home countries. It’s Only Sound That Remains and Always In My Heart both explore the root sources and common language available for understanding the contemporary moment in its immeasurable diversity and ever-changing status. 

Muheb Esmat is an independent curator and writer currently based in New York.

Image: Image: Aziz Hazara, Takbir, 2022, digital video, colour, 5,1 surround sound, 9´58´´. Commissioned and produced by Fondazione Between Art Film. Courtesy the Artist and Experimenter Kolkata

Art in DUMBO Insider’s Tour Schedule

RSVP is required.

Schedule

• 5:30 PM Meet at 145 Plymouth for Tomás Karmelo Amaya, Embracing Our Sovereignty, a short-term augmented reality exhibition presented by Photoville and Instagram

• 6:00 PM Visit Smack Mellon for Aziz Hazara It’s Only Sound That Remains, and the Always In My Heart group exhibition, with artists Morehshin Allahyari, Hangama Amiri, and Fatemeh Kazemi

• 6:30–6:45 PM Visit the Jacob Hashimoto installation at Olympia DUMBO