New work of Kay Hassan: Jack Shainman Gallery New York, October 18 till November 15.
Untitled, 2013.
About:
Kay Hassan was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1956. He’s best known for his large scale ‘constructions’ made of torn, reconfigured, and pasted pieces of printed billboard posters, Hassan works in numerous media including painting, collage, installation, video, sculpture, and photography. Hassan’s work is unified by a continuing interest in themes of migration, dispossession, trade, overproduction, waste, and urban life.
Untitled, 2013-2014.
In an October 2000 feature in ArtThrob, Hassan said, “Our lives have always been torn and put together and torn – people have always been pushed around. You see it in the streets, in the kids begging, those eyes, the way they look at you. Imagine being a parent, and having kids that have to be fed, but you have no money – so what do you do – you have to commit a crime. But I don’t only reflect what is happening in South Africa, it’s a reflection of what is happening in this world.”
Untitled, 1999.
Kay Hassan has exhibited his work internationally in both solo and group shows. His first exhibition with the gallery was “Recent Photographs” in 2008. In October 2014, the gallery will present a solo exhibition of the artist’s new work. Other solo exhibitions include Urbanation, Johannesburg Art Gallery, 2008; Fixing Time, Smac Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2007; Kay Hassan, MoBa Gallery, Brussels, 2006; Kay Hassan, Wertz Contemporary, Atlanta, 2006; and Kay Hassan, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland, 2003. His work was included in group exhibitions at SMAC Art Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 2011; Daimler Contemporary, Haus Huth, Berlin, Germany, 2010; SMAC Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2010; Nirox Foundation, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, 2010; the 53rd Venice Biennale, 2009; Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, 2009; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2008; Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden, 1998; and the Gwangju Biennale, South Korea, 1995. In 2000, Kay Hassan was awarded the DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Contemporary Art.
Untitled, 2013.
Courtesy: Jack Shainman Gallery.