CONVERSATION: DAN S. WANG & MICHAEL EDDY
Michael Eddy and Dan S. Wang first crossed paths at the artist-run culture hub HomeShop in Beijing in the early summer of 2011, after the Arab Spring and before Occupy Wall Street. The context was social and DIY, a score of artists and writers, self-organized for the purposes of a ‘drift’ around and from the capital city.
Nine years later at Fonderie Darling, this time in an exhibition context, it is the art works of Michael Eddy and Dan S. Wang that stand in conversation with each other, respectively occupying the Small Gallery and the Reading Platform. In the spirit of continuing the exchange, together with curator Milly-Alexandra Dery the artists will discuss a selection of their works, bringing to bear their combined obsessions for material play, political gestures made wry, and the constant struggle to unblock discursive impasses—now against the backdrop of current upheavals and the forced restructuring of a global pandemic.
The conversation will take place live on the platform Zoom at 6pm on Thursday, August 20th 2020. The public is invited to interact during the question period.
Zoom conference number: 952 0840 1349
Password: jesuis
MICHAEL EDDY
Eddy holds a M.F.A from the Staedelschule Frankfurt (DE) and a B.F.A (Interdisciplinary) from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD University) in Halifax. He participated in many residencies in Canada, Italy, China and Japan. He has been working in collaboration with Knowles Eddy Knowles (since 2004) and co-organized the HomeShop space and collaboration in Beijing (2010-2013). His texts were published in many catalogues and magazines, including Esse arts+opinions.
DAN S. WANG
Dan S. Wang/王念華 is an artist and writer. His prints, drawings, and sculptures have been shown in more than fifty exhibitions, in spaces ranging from museum galleries to toilet stalls, and the toilet stall of a museum. Recent published writings include the collaborative texts The Social Practice That Is Race co-authored with Anthony Romero, published by Wooden Leg Press, and the critical essay “In the Back of the Beyond” in Global Activism from MIT Press, co-authored with Sarah Lewison. Recent commissioned works include an experimental curriculum for Asian Arts Initiative of Philadelphia and a new installation for Station Museum of Houston. Born in 1968 in Michigan in the United States, Dan S. Wang lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
