In conjunction with her PAMM exhibition, Iman Issa will discuss her new series Heritage Studies in which she reimagines historical objects and explores the shifting interactions between artworks, language, history and display.

Issa will speak about her reasons for undertaking these formal reinterpretations and the manner through which the generation of forms can affect and utilize the past and its material. The talk will delve into some of her previous projects and will include video and audio screenings. It will be followed by a discussion with exhibition curator Diana Nawi.

About the artist
Iman Issa (born 1979, Cairo) is an artist based New York. She studied philosophy, political science and visual arts at the American University in Cairo and visual arts at Columbia University, where she received her MFA in 2007. Her recent group and solo exhibitions include the 12th Sharjah Biennial, the 8th Berlin Biennial; MuHKA, Antwerp; Tensta Konsthall, Spånga; New Museum, New York; KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin; Sculpture Center, New York; and the Contemporary Image Collective in Cairo. Her books include Thirty-three Stories about Reasonable Characters in Familiar Places published by SculptureCenter in 2011 and Common Elements published by the Glasgow Sculpture Studio in 2015. Issa has received both the HNF-MACBA Award (2012) and the Abraaj Group Art Prize (2013). She teaches at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York.