Anne Imhof (*1978) has emerged over the past decade as one of the most acclaimed artists of her generation. Today based between Berlin and New York, Imhof spent her formative years in Frankfurt am Main, where she taught herself to draw and make music while working as a bouncer at a local night club. Before eventually enrolling at the city’s academy of fine arts, Städelschule, she staged what she later designated the first entry to her catalogue raisonné: a one-night only performance in a red light district bar. She invited two boxers to take part and recruited a band. The boxers were told that the fight should last for as long as the music was playing, while the band were instructed to play for as long as the boxers were fighting. Imhof explained: “It was all pretty red—the table dance bar and the noses. Looking back on it I realized that it had been one way to create a picture.”
Arthur Jafa, courtesy the artist; Anne Imhof, photo: Nadine Fraczkowski
Arthur Jafa in Conversation with Anne Imhof
Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles
Saturday, November 23, 2024
5pm
Join artists Arthur Jafa and Anne Imhof on the occasion of Jafa’s solo exhibition, nativemanson, currently on view at the Los Angeles gallery. The two artists – winners of Golden Lion awards at the 2019 and 2017 Venice Biennales respectively – will discuss connections between their approach to art making and the art world, working across media and disciplines, and past and future projects. nativemanson is on view through December 14.
This event is free, but seating is limited and RSVP is required.
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