Spirit Regained

Chicago-based artist Nelly Agassi (b. 1973, Tel Aviv) grew up in Israel and studied art in London, England. Her work is expressed installation, sculpture, and works on paper, and has been exhibited and performed in international spaces that include The Arts Club of Chicago, Aspect Ratio, Hyde Park Art Center, The Israel Museum, Poor Farm, Tate Modern, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, La Triennale di Milano, and Zacheta National Gallery in Warsaw. This year Agassi was named a Graham Foundation Fellow, and is currently showing a new body of work in an exhibition entitled, “Nelly Agassi: Spirit of the Waves,” which is installed in the Graham Foundation’s Madlener House, the Prairie-style mansion located at 4 W. Burton Place in Chicago. The exhibition includes a large-scale textile installation, intricate embroideries, works on paper, sculptures, and at 6 p.m., on July 31st, Agassi is going to present a site-specific performance in collaboration with musicians Ryan Packard and Peter Maunu. 

 

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