Strikes and Strokes: Painting the 2000s, New York

Art at Americas Society is pleased to present Strikes and Strokes: Painting the 2000s, New York. Join us in person on Wednesday, June 26, for a conversation featuring artists Annette Wehrhahn, Fabienne Lasserre, and Alejandra Seeber, on their practice and the art scene of New York in the early and mid-2000s. The conversation will be moderated by Aimé Iglesias Lukin, director and chief curator of Art at Americas Society, and curator of the Alejandra Seeber: Interior with Landscapes.

Join us on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm ET  
Americas Society 680 Park Ave.  
New York, NY  
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This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

Speakers

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Annette Wehrhahn (b. 1976, River Vale, NJ) lives and works between New York City and Kingston, New York. Wehrhahn's abstract paintings serve as symbolic mirrors of the self, offering glimpses into the complexities of lived experiences through color, gesture, form, and material. Wehrhahn’s work has been exhibited internationally in Copenhagen, Denmark, Milan, and Luxembourg at the Ceyson & Benetiere Gallery. She has had numerous exhibitions across the United States, Canada, Horton Gallery, Safe Gallery, and recently at Halsey McKay in East Hampton, NY. In 2010, she co-founded the artist-run space Soloway, where she curated exhibitions and acted as director until 2021. Wehrhahn received a BFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA in Painting from Bard College. 

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Fabienne Lasserre (b. 1973, Ottawa) grew up in Montreal and lives and works in Brooklyn New York. A 2019 Guggenheim Fellow, she is the director of the interdisciplinary MFA in Studio Art at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). She received her BFA from Concordia University (1996) and her MFA from Columbia University, New York (2004). Lasserre has exhibited her work consistently in Canada, the United States and internationally. Her most recent solo exhibition, Listeners, (2024, the Athenaeum, Athens, GA) received support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Other solo projects include With What Eyes (2023, Zalucky Contemporary, Toronto), Eye Contact (2021, Turn Gallery, New York), Make Room for Space (2018, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY), and Les Larmes (2018, Parisian Laundry, Montreal). She has exhibited her work in group shows at Essex Flowers, White Columns (both 2022, New York); The Tang Museum (2021, Saratoga Springs, NY); CPM Gallery (2021, Baltimore); Ceysson de Bénétière (2017, Luxembourg); C.Ar.D Palazzo Costa Tretenerro (2015, Piacenza, Italy); Contemporary Arts Museum (2013, Houston, TX); Museo de Antioquia (2013, Medellin, Colombia); Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (2011), among others. Lasserre is the recipient of a Saint-Gaudens Memorial Fellowship (2017) and a Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program Award (2016). In 2013 and 2014, she received Project Grants to Visual Artists from the Canada Council for the Arts. Her work appears in numerous private and public collections such as the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec (MNABQ), Collection de la Banque Nationale du Canada, the Birmingham Museum Art collection and the Claridge Collection of Canadian Art. 

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Alejandra Seeber (b. 1969, Buenos Aires) lives and works in New York. In her works, Seeber explores domestic spaces, which she transforms into dynamic abstract paintings. The artist draws inspiration from alternative rock, stage designs, musical performances, urban culture, digital software, textiles, and crafts. The book Picture This, edited by Hatje Cantz in 2019, offers a comprehensive view of her work. Some of her projects and exhibitions include: Danza Perfumi (Barro, Buenos Aires, 2023); A oJO (Barro, Buenos Aires, 2021); Fuera de serie (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, 2021); Rather Ripped (Häusler Contemporary Munich, Austria, 2018); Getaways (Häusler Contemporary, Lustenau, Austria, 2018); Ultramar: Fontana, Kuitca, Seeber, Tessi (Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 2017); Caza (Bronx Museum of the Arts, 2016); Autoamerican (Barro, Buenos Aires, 2015); Cuadro por cuadro (Miau Miau, Buenos Aires, 2014); Yes Yes (Häusler Contemporary, Munich, 2011); Tutti Frutti (Häusler Contemporary, Zurich, 2011); Dialogville (Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires, 2010); and Bienal do Mercosul (Porto Alegre, 2009), among others.