Talk
Jordan Nassar
Shade of the Cypress, 2023. Hand-embroidered cotton on cotton. 130 x 245 x 3 in.
Birds Were Singing Freedom, 2024. Hand-embroidered cotton on cotton. 35 1/2 x 28 x 1 in.
MFA Fine Arts presents a talk by Jordan Nassar.
Jordan Nassar’s (b.1985, New York, NY) art practice engages the material variety of craft to execute ideas centered on heritage and homeland. Through hand-embroidery, wood inlay, glass, mosaics, and expansive installations, he examines identity and diaspora. Nassar often employs “the landscape” as a thread throughout these different mediums, carefully mapping out patterns and repeatedly intercepting them, using fields of color to define rolling hills and expanses of water. Nassar created a body of embroidery work with the participation of craftswomen in Bethlehem, Ramallah, and Hebron, juxtaposing local traditions with a contemporary aesthetic. His work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston; NCMA Winston-Salem, North Carolina; KMAC Museum, Kentucky, among others. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, The Museum of Contemporary Art, California; and RISD Museum, Rhode Island, among others. Nassar is represented by James Cohan, New York; Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles; and The Third Line, Dubai.
Talks is a series of lectures by artists, writers and scholars presented by MFA Fine Arts. Talks are held on Tuesdays at 3:00pm at 133 West 21st Street in Room 101C and on Zoom. Participation in the Q&A is limited to MFA Fine Arts students attending the lecture in person.
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