Artist Talk: Sands Murray-Wassink & Maria Pask

Join us on June 25 for an artist talk between Sands Murray-Wassink and Maria Pask. Within the framework of 10161055, a group exhibition in collaboration with diez gallery, they will converse about their work, common affinities between their practices, and the importance of friendship among artists.
 
The talk will take place between 5 and 6pm, with drinks until 7. 
 
Sands Murray-Wassink is a painter, writer, body artist and perfume collector based in Amsterdam. A long-overlooked cult figure in the city's art scene, his work spans decades, touching on themes of gender, desire, intimacy, mental health and self-exploration. Sands has long existed in a space between institutional visibility and secluded phases of production, continuously developing his own framework for making and sharing work. Since 2016, he has mainly focused on what he calls 'Horse Drawings'. These drawings, while sometimes devoid of actual horse imagery, all bear the same title and embody the spirit of equine grace, symbolising a personal journey towards healing. Sands' engagement with this motif ties together the broader themes in his practice: gender fluidity, mental health, feminism and the transformative potential of art. Recent solo exhibitions and presentations include: diez, Amsterdam; Echo, Cologne; Auto Italia, London; Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers; mistral, Amsterdam; and Amstel 41, Amsterdam, alongside solo presentations with diez at Frieze London, ARCO Madrid, and Paris Internationale. Right now his work is on view in Manosphere: Masculinity Today at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, travelling to Kunsthalle St. Gallen.

 

Maria Pask is a Welsh artist who lives and works in Amsterdam. Her art primarily focuses on processes and includes people from a wide variety of societal groups. Her installation works interpret the nature of collective creativity, empowerment, and the live moment. The notion of reciprocity is central to Maria’s current artistic practice. Her recent projects are centred on working as an artist in a service-based role within local communities. Whether performance or installation, each of her works come to be shaped by shared experience, through which to foster an openness to difference and change. Pask has performed and exhibited internationally at institutions including Kunstinstituut Melly; NEST, The Hague; Centraal Museum, Utrecht; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford; Athens Biennale, Greece; White Columns, New York City; W139, Amsterdam; Münster Sculpture Project, Germany; If I Can’t Dance I Don’t Want to Be Part of Your Revolution, Amsterdam; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany; BAK, Utrecht; De Appel, Amsterdam and Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana.  She is currently working on Thuisplaats, a project to transform a parking lot in the Onlanden into a work of art as part of Into Nature, in Drenthe.