When will we be good enough? Osman Yosefzada and Ekow Eshun

Join interdisciplinary artist Osman Yousefzada and writer and curator, Ekow Eshun in a conversation exploring Yousefzada’s sculptural installation ‘When will we be good enough?’ alongside the broader context of his process and practice.  In the conversation, they will discuss relevant themes of power, colonialism, class, race, and examine how contemporary art addresses the pressing issues of our time.

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Biography

Osman Yousefzada is a British born, internationally recognised interdisciplinary artist and writer who describes his practice as auto ethnographic, where personal stories become political. His South Asian heritage is a strong influence in his craft-inspired, sculptural practice. Born into the diaspora communities of Birmingham, he creates work that reflects and questions the injustices he saw first-hand during his childhood, and which still pervade in the world today. South Asian influences are what many might first see when they encounter but his work, but it is far broader and unravels global histories that remain relevant today. They are explored through moving image, installations, text works, sculpture, garment making and performance.

Yousefzada is a research practitioner at the Royal College of Art, London and a visiting fellow at Cambridge University. His exhibition at The Box follows three significant solo exhibitions during the last 12 months at Charleston in Firle, Cartwright Hall in Bradford and Palazzo Franchetti in conjunction with the 60th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale.

Ekow Eshun is a writer and curator. He is Chairman of the Fourth Plinth, overseeing Britain’s foremost public art programme, and the former Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. Described by Vogue as “the most inspired – and inspiring – curator in Britain”, he has staged acclaimed exhibitions internationally and is a contributor to publications including Vogue, the New York Times, Financial Times and the Guardian. He is the author of books including Black Gold of the Sun, shortlisted for the Orwell prize, and The Strangers, which is out now. 

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