Muzeum Susch - Lynne Kouassi - ¬ April 2021 - Artists-in-Residence

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Lynne Kouassi, artist in residence Muzeum Susch

Lynne Kouassi (1991) holds a Master of Arts in Fine Art from Goldsmiths University of London (GB) and completed her Bachelor in Fine Art with distinction at the Zurich University of the Arts. Her work is internationally shown and she has already received some residencies and grants.

Recent exhibitions include 2020 Womxn in Motion at Institut Kunst HGK FHNW in Münchenstein / Basel (CH) strangers, foreigners, and colonizers at o.T. Raum für aktuelle Kunst in Luzern (CH), 2019 30 years Art Colony Galichnik at National Gallery Skopje (MK), of color at Helmhaus Zürich (CH) and Unbehaust at Kunsthaus Langenthal (CH), 2018 at the Manifesta Satellite with Video Sound Art in Palermo (IT) and 2017 Solastalgia at AINSI in Maastricht (NL) and The fiction of the fix at Tenderpixel in London (GB). Kouassi currently lives and works in Basel (CH).

CULTURAL STATEMENT

¬ Engaging History to create dialogues:

Grażyna Kulczyk sets great store by her role as an ambassador for contemporary Polish and Middle Eastern European art, which has long been omitted from the canon and tended to be overlooked by the majority of Western critics and collectors, due to the particular political environment of the former Eastern bloc states. Beyond this general ambition, her collecting strategy at Muzeum Susch also reflects two key interests: international artists have joined the collection, opening up new perspectives and highlighting contrasts between works, but also hinting at parallels and raising questions about the multifarious and complex relations between East and West in general. These expanded perspectives and contrasts within the collection provide the basis for commentary on complex and timely global concerns. The women’s perspective in the collection adds a clear feminist mission to Grażyna Kulczyk's endeavors, whose own history as an independent, creative entrepreneur is at the root of her deep understanding and emotional connection to issues women face in their artistic practice. Her collection at Muzeum Susch reflects this interest, inviting and encouraging participation, contributing to the recognition and greater visibility of women - as artists and elsewhere."

Grażyna Kulczyk, photo: © Anoush Abrar for Art Stations Foundation CH / Muzeum Susch