L.: Panteha Abareshi, photo: private. R: Katrine Elise Agpalza Pedersen, photo: Kunsthall Trondheim.
Welcome to this artist talk with Panteha Abareshi, in conversation with Katrine Elise Agpalza Pedersen, curator of the exhibition!
The artist talk takes place on the occasion of Panteha Abareshi’s solo exhibition INVALID PLEASURES, the artist’s first solo exhibition outside USA, which presents new works made created specifically for this occasion, including performance-based video works and sculptural pieces.
In the exhibition, the artist explores sexuality and sensuality in the context of disability, and how the disabled body, and mind, are regarded, including as fetish objects. Collectively, the works question the able-bodied gaze as well as ideas of consent within power dynamics, not limited to the objectification found between the onlooker and the disabled body.
The exhibition's title, INVALID PLEASURES, is an extended play on the word “invalid”. While the term "invalid" refers to being worthless or illegitimate, it is also an outdated name for a disabled person. "Invalid" can also mean that something is forbidden, which, in combination with the word "pleasure", implies a kind of sensual taboo or fetish.
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Panteha Abareshi (born 1999, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) lives and works in Los Angeles, California, USA. Solo exhibitions include This Is Not A Body at Hunter Shaw Fine Arts, Los Angeles (2022) and Tender Calamities at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles (2021). Selected group exhibitions include MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt (2022), Kunsthaus Zürich (2022), 1969 Gallery, New York (2022) and Shape Arts, London (2020). The artist has been featured in publications such as New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.
Important info:
The artist talk is free and open to all. The conversation will be held in English.
Kunsthall Trondheim has a stair-free entrance from street level, is wheelchair accessible and has a lift. Public disability parking is available right outside our entrance. Upon arrival, you will be greeted by our host at the reception. If you have any special requirements, please send us an email to office@kunsthalltrondheim.no or call us at (+47) 485 00 100, and we will be more than happy to help make your visit as easy and rewarding as possible.