Working in a range of mediums spanning embroidery, sand painting, collage, drawing, digital and graphic illustration, and photography, each has created a striking new work for Global Positioning. They hail from Africa, the Middle East, Oceania, the Americas, South and East Asia, and Europe. The 20 artists ultimately invited to participate in Global Positioning were drawn f rom a larger pool combining these nominations and others from Public Art Fund curators. Deepening connections with international peers, the nominator group included curators, artists, and educators with expertise in different regions and artistic disciplines. Public Art Fund curators invited a group of 26 colleagues to submit names of artists for consideration. 1990, Accra, Ghana lives in Accra and Bawku, Ghana). 1985, France lives in Marseille, France), and Rufai Zakari (b. 1976, Mpartnwe (Alice Springs), Australia lives in Indulkana, Australia), Vasantha Yogananthan (b. 1980, Zhejiang, China lives in Beijing, China), Kaylene Whiskey (b.
1980, Hong Kong lives in Hong Kong), Chen Wei (b. 1941, La Chorrera – Amazonas, Colombia lives in Bogotá, Colombia), Kwan Sheung Chi (b. 1989, Sydney, Australia lives in Melbourne, Australia), Abel Rodríguez (b. 1988, Santiago, Dominican Republic lives in Barcelona, Spain), Jason Phu (b. 1967, São Paulo, Brazil lives in São Paulo, Brazil), Denisse Ariana Pérez (b. 1992, Nazareth, Israel lives in Tel Aviv, Israel), Rosana Paulino (b. 1969, Madhubani, India lives in India), Karam Natour (b. 1991, Umzimkhulu, South Africa lives in Cape Town, South Africa), Pushpa Kumari (b. 1979, Pakistan lives in Lahore, Pakistan), Dada Khanyisa (b. 1987, Tanintharyi, Myanmar lives in Yangon, Myanmar), Ali Kazim (b. 1988, Lusaka, Zambia lives in Johannesburg, South Africa), Zoncy Heavenly (b. 1984, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i lives in Honolulu, Hawai‘i), Nolan Oswald Dennis (b. 1962, Roroboya, Peru lives in Coronel Portillo, Peru), Sean Connelly (b. 1992, Beirut, Lebanon lives in Beirut, Lebanon), Lastenia Canayo (b. 1981, Townsville, Australia lives in Brisbane, Australia), Myriam Boulos (b. 1988, Palestine / Jordan lives in London, United Kingdom and Dubai, UAE), Tony Albert (b. Palmer, and Public Art Fund Associate Curator Katerina Stathopoulou. Global Positioning is curated by Public Art Fund Artistic & Executive Director Nicholas Baume, Public Art Fund Curator Daniel S.
Traversing boundaries of culture, language, history, and politics, the remarkable works created for Global Positioning ultimately reveal our shared humanity. Images that register conflict and anxiety are also imbued with fantasy, humor, and spirituality. Several artists explore relationships between indigenous forms of knowledge and popular culture in a globalized world. Environmental concerns highlight a sensitivity to the growing impact of the climate crisis. Shared themes emerge across a number of the artists’ contributions. Processing this turbulent period with a blend of thoughtfulness, hope, incisiveness, and wit, these newly commissioned works illustrate a common impulse to create, communicate, and imagine a future of possibility. Embracing our global community, the exhibition aims to provide points of cultural reconnection with the world beyond our borders. These creative voices span disparate regions across six continents including the Amazon rainforest in Colombia the desert lands of the Indulkana Community in Central Australia the West African port city of Accra, Ghana and Yangon, Myanmar, where in 2021 the military brutally seized control. Global Positioning presents new artworks by an intergenerational group of 20 artists from 17 countries exhibited on 320 JCDecaux bus shelters throughout New York City, Chicago, and Boston. After a second year of the pandemic, how do we begin to understand our reshaped lives and world? What perspectives might be offered by artists from different cultures and locations? Both direct and indirect effects have been unequally distributed among demographic groups, communities, and regions. Shared vulnerability has united the world, yet the pandemic has also revealed and sharpened many divisions. Oprime aquí para Español About the Exhibition
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