May 15th 2025

Yasmin Spiro in conversation with Seph Rodney

@ Hyde Park Art Center

5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615

Opening Thursday, May 15th, from 6PM - 7:30PM

Writer and critic Seph Rodney joins artist Yasmin Spiro in conversation to discuss her solo exhibition Cornerstone. Drawing on themes and ideas that inform the work on view, the conversation will explore colonial and post-colonial Caribbean culture as it relates to land, body, and identity.

About the Speakers:

Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica by a family from multiple geographies, the interdisciplinary artist Yasmin Spiro approaches cultural identity with a unique perspective. Through her sculptures and installations, she addresses issues of socio-economic imbalance within the framework of urban development and architecture – often through the lens of Caribbean culture. Spiro works in a variety of media from wood, ceramic, natural and synthetic fibers and textiles to performance and video, exploring materiality while investigating the relationship between the body, nature, and the built environment. She attended Pratt Institute and held residences at the Dora Maar Foundation, The Kohler Arts and Industry residency, Vermont Studio Center, and the Chicago Artist Coalition. She currently resides in Chicago.

Seph Rodney, PhD is a regular contributor to The New York Times, and a former senior critic and opinions editor for Hyperallergic. He has also written on art for CNN, NBC, Art in America, Art Forum, The Guardian, and several other publications. In 2020 he won the Rabkin Arts Journalism prize and in 2022 won the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant. He is also a curator of contemporary art exhibitions, including co-curating Get in the Game, the largest show that the San Francisco Museum of Art has undertaken, which opened October 2024 and will travel to Crystal Bridges Museum and the Pérez Art Museum Miami.

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