Ajay Kurian
POLYPHEMUS

Sep 22nd – Nov 24th, 2020
Goucher College, Silber Art Gallery, Baltimore

Copyright the artist; Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf; 47 Canal, New York; Goucher College, Silber Art Gallery, Baltimore; Photo Vivian Marie Doering
Copyright the artist; Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf; 47 Canal, New York; Goucher College, Silber Art Gallery, Baltimore; Photo Vivian Marie Doering
Copyright the artist; Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf; 47 Canal, New York; Goucher College, Silber Art Gallery, Baltimore; Photo Vivian Marie Doering
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Ajay Kurian
Feast of the Mau Mau, 2015
Modified blackamoor, from The Bombay Company, paint, foam, magic sculpt, plexiglass, speaker, corn starch, water, pigment, shorts, carpet, fiberglass, steel, resin
78,7 x 121,9 cm
Copyright the artist; Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf; 47 Canal, New York; Silber Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore; Photo Vivian Marie Doering
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Ajay Kurian
Feast of the Mau Mau, 2015
Modified blackamoor, from The Bombay Company, paint, foam, magic sculpt, plexiglass, speaker, corn starch, water, pigment, shorts, carpet, fiberglass, steel, resin
78,7 x 121,9 cm
Copyright the artist; Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf; 47 Canal, New York; Goucher College, Silber Art Gallery, Baltimore; Photo Vivian Marie Doering
Copyright the artist; Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf; 47 Canal, New York; Goucher College, Silber Art Gallery, Baltimore; Photo Vivian Marie Doering
Ajay Kurian
The Citizens, 2020
Wood, steel, clothing, fake Chanel purse, deconstructed wall mounted fans, LEDs, plexiglass, plaster, paint, spray paint, foam core, fiberglass, steel mesh, Tiffany lamp, marble, peppercorns, cumin, Nerds candy
Copyright the artist; Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf; 47 Canal, New York; Goucher College, Silber Art Gallery, Baltimore; Photo Vivian Marie Doering
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Ajay Kurian
Welcome to World Peace, 2016
Foam, expanding foam, steel, magic sculpt, motor, hardware, wood, paint and fabric
174 x 165 x 110,5 cm
Copyright the artist; Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf; 47 Canal, New York; Goucher College, Silber Art Gallery, Baltimore; Photo Vivian Marie Doering
Ajay Kurian
The Citizens, 2020
Wood, steel, clothing, fake Chanel purse, deconstructed wall mounted fans, LEDs, plexiglass, plaster, paint, spray paint, foam core, fiberglass, steel mesh, Tiffany lamp, marble, peppercorns, cumin, Nerds candy
Copyright the artist; Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf; 47 Canal, New York; Goucher College, Silber Art Gallery, Baltimore; Photo Vivian Marie Doering
Ajay Kurian
Before Dawn, 2020
Wood, steel, steel mesh, fiberglass, deconstructed wall mounted fan, sneakers, paint, spray paint, plexiglass
Copyright the artist; Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf; 47 Canal, New York; Goucher College, Silber Art Gallery, Baltimore; Photo Vivian Marie Doering
Ajay Kurian
Before Dawn, 2020
Wood, steel, steel mesh, fiberglass, deconstructed wall mounted fan, sneakers, paint, spray paint, plexiglass
Copyright the artist; Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf; 47 Canal, New York; Goucher College, Silber Art Gallery, Baltimore; Photo Vivian Marie Doering
Ajay Kurian
The Citizens, 2020
Wood, steel, clothing, fake Chanel purse, deconstructed wall mounted fans, LEDs, plexiglass, plaster, paint, spray paint, foam core, fiberglass, steel mesh, Tiffany lamp, marble, peppercorns, cumin, Nerds candy
Copyright the artist; Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf; 47 Canal, New York; Goucher College, Silber Art Gallery, Baltimore; Photo Vivian Marie Doering
Ajay Kurian
Cyclops, 2020
Wall mounted oscillating fan, steel, LEDs, wire, spray paint, paint
Copyright the artist; Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf; 47 Canal, New York; Goucher College, Silber Art Gallery, Baltimore; Photo Vivian Marie Doering

Ajay Kurian is a Baltimore-born, New York-based, conceptual artist working in sculpture, painting, and installation. His invitation to Goucher as the Nancy G. Unobskey ’60 Visiting Artist in Modern and Contemporary Art occasioned his solo exhibition of new work envisioned for and presented in the college’s Silber Gallery.

Kurian’s exhibition, installed to resemble a clandestine beer hall meeting, depicts cycloptic figures that possess power and status, populating a table in an ambiguous, social grouping. Atop easy postures and snappy outfits, their heads are each made up of a watchful, rotating eye and an illuminated smile. Above, a disembodied set of mechanized eyes monitors the scene, part security camera, part dystopian nightmare. Within this space all are observed, and all are observing. There is a symbiotic relationship between the platform and participants in which those who have gotten through the gates become gatekeepers—this club polices itself.

Opening day walk-through streamed live on the gallery instagram

Tuesday, September 22 to 7:30pm

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About Ajay Kurian

Ajay Kurian (*1984) has gained an international following for his work. His reference-laden works reach far beyond the type of daily political commentary.

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