1-54 Forum New York 5–7 May 2017 Dis/assembly: The Body in Abstraction In a panel chaired by Nicola Vassell (Founder, Concept NV), artists Derrick Adams, Marcia Kure, and Tschabalala Self discuss strategies of collage and new media abstraction – both online and offline – in visualizing and celebrating blackness. Looking to their respective practices, the dialogue will consider how revisiting modernist and conceptual traditions of collage and dis/assembly make possible new aesthetic forms in an era of viral imaging. Image: © Katrina Sorrentino&nbsp;www.1-54.com

1-54 Forum New York 2017 | Madness of the Present: Abstraction’s Radical Possibilities

Founded in 2013, 1-54 has dedicated itself to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora and strives to promote diverse perspectives. With editions in London, New York and Marrakech annually, 1-54 features leading international galleries specialising in contemporary African art and is accompanied by the 1-54 Forum talks and Special Projects programme.