#globalpositioning

#PAFpicoftheweek comes from our very own @nicholasbaume, visiting #GlobalPositioning with Boston’s @mayorwu, at @ali.kazim.ak’s “Untitled (Children of Faith series).” (at Boston, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb0K0hdu4yg/?utm_medium=tumblr

Join us on April 21 for virtual #PAFtalks @thecooperunion as #GlobalPositioning artists Tony Albert @tonyalber, Sean Connelly @seanwconnelly, and Rosana Paulino @paulino9076 come together for a conversation moderated by PAF Associate Curator Katerina Stathopoulou @kstath. Albert, Connelly, and Paulino, much like the rest of the world, have been processing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, they will reflect on the past two years as well as themes of indigenous culture, tradition, and the environment. Register for free at the link below or in our profile. Public Art Fund Virtual Talks: Global Positioning Panel with Tony Albert, Sean Connelly, and Rosana Paulino Thursday, April 21, 6:00–7:00 PM EST Presented in partnership with The Cooper Union https://www.publicartfund.org/PAFtalksApril21 Tony Albert, "Unpacking History - A Native Australian Bouquet for New York," 2021. Acrylic and vintage appropriated fabric on Arches paper. Courtesy the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. Sean Connelly, "16 Cube Truss (About Building Systems)," 2021. Digital print. Courtesy Sean Connelly, After Oceanic. Rosana Paulino, "Jogo perigoso (Dangerous Game)," 2021. Collage, monotype and acrylic on paper. Courtesy of Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo and the artist. Commissioned by Public Art Fund for Global Positioning, an exhibition on 320 @jcdecauxna bus shelters across New York City, Chicago, and Boston, on view from January 26, 2022—June 5, 2022. https://www.instagram.com/p/CbslSfsgrsB/?utm_medium=tumblr

On the occasion of our upcoming three-city exhibition, #GlobalPositioning, artists Myriam Boulos @myriamboulos, Nolan Oswald Dennis @No_LandDennis, and Denisse Ariana Pérez @denisseaps will gather virtually on January 31 for a conversation with PAF Artistic & Executive Director @nicholasbaume. These artists, along with 17 others from around the world, have created new works that synthesize our current moment and reveal our shared humanity. Register for free to join us via Zoom to reflect on the role public art has been able to play during the pandemic, helping us to imagine a future of possibility. #PAFtalks Public Art Fund Virtual Talks: Global Positioning Panel with Myriam Boulos, Nolan Oswald Dennis, and Denisse Ariana Pérez Monday, January 31, 1:30pm–2:30pm EST Presented in partnership with @thecooperunion https://www.publicartfund.org/globalpositioningJan31 “Global Positioning” can be experienced on 320 @jcdecauxna bus shelters across New York City, Chicago, and Boston beginning January 26. images: Myriam Boulos, Fantasies, 2021. Digital photograph. Courtesy the artist. Commissioned by Public Art Fund for Global Positioning, an exhibition on 320 JCDecaux bus shelters across New York City, Chicago, and Boston, on view from January 26, 2022—June 5, 2022. Nolan Oswald Dennis, Notes for a Planet (willfully), 2021. Digital print. Courtesy the artist and Goodman Gallery. Commissioned by Public Art Fund for Global Positioning, an exhibition on 320 JCDecaux bus shelters across New York City, Chicago, and Boston, on view from January 26, 2022—June 5, 2022 Denisse Ariana Pérez, Bodies of Water (AGUA), 2021. Analogue photograph. Courtesy of Denisse Ariana Perez and Open Doors Gallery. Commissioned by Public Art Fund for Global Positioning, an exhibition on 320 JCDecaux bus shelters across New York City, Chicago, and Boston, on view from January 26, 2022—June 5, 2022. https://www.instagram.com/p/CYwQlJAgbN0/?utm_medium=tumblr

#PAFpicoftheweek @paulino9076 Rosana Paulino, “Jogo perigoso (Dangerous Game)” spotted 👀and snapped📷 by @tomenyc. The work is one of twenty by twenty artists for #GlobalPositioning, on 320 @jcdecauxna bus shelters in NYC, BOS, and CHI. https://www.instagram.com/p/CcIw99muB1g/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#PAFpicoftheweek by 📷 @elizabethfearonpepperman captures a quiet morning in NYC with @ali.kazim.ak Ali Kazim’s “Untitled (Children of Faith series),” one of twenty new works featured in #GlobalPositioning. On view across @jcdecauxna bus shelters in New York City, Boston, and Chicago, the exhibition presents artworks by artists spanning six continents offering different, personal perspectives on the state of our world. #AliKazim #publicart https://www.instagram.com/p/CZR1codFU27/?utm_medium=tumblr

We are excited to announce #GlobalPositioning, an exhibition opening later this month of new artworks by 20 international artists that reveals our fundamental shared humanity across the boundaries of geography, culture, language, history, and politics. Over the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has united the world through mutual vulnerability, while also revealing and sharpening many divisions. Processing this turbulent period with a blend of thoughtfulness, hope, incisiveness, and wit, the works by this group of artists from 17 countries across six contents illustrate a common impulse to create, communicate, and imagine a future filled with possibility. The exhibition debuts on January 26 on 320 @jcdecauxna bus shelters throughout New York City, Chicago, and Boston. Learn more at publicartfund.org/GlobalPositioning and stay tuned here on IG for more. Selected artworks pictured: Kaylene Whiskey, “Tea with Dolly,” 2021. Digital collage. Courtesy the artist, Iwantja Arts @iwantja_arts and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery. Commissioned by Public Art Fund for Global Positioning, an exhibition on 320 JCDecaux bus shelters across New York City, Chicago, and Boston, on view from January 26, 2022—June 5, 2022. Pushpa Kumari @pradyumnaandpushpa, “Joy of Living,” 2021. Ink on paper. Courtesy Pushpa Kumari and Gofffa. Commissioned by Public Art Fund for Global Positioning, an exhibition on 320 JCDecaux bus shelters across New York City, Chicago, and Boston, on view from January 26, 2022—June 5, 2022. Rufai Zakari @rufaiart, “Nowhere Is Cool,” 2021. Plastic bags on plastic bags. Courtesy the artist. Commissioned by Public Art Fund for Global Positioning, an exhibition on 320 JCDecaux bus shelters across New York City, Chicago, and Boston, on view from January 26, 2022—June 5, 2022. https://www.instagram.com/p/CYWzahVFb3q/?utm_medium=tumblr

Sean Connelly @seanwconnelly is one of twenty artists featured in #GlobalPositioning, currently on view on @jcdecauxna bus shelters across New York City, Boston, and Chicago. “With the phrase ‘The Ocean is the Center of an Island’ I ask the viewer to reconsider everything we know about the environment. Land is not separated by the ocean but connected by it. We must interrupt systems of trauma that oppress indigenous thinking and degrade our environment so that we can heal, care for the life of the places we live, and thrive. The sculpture, ‘16 Cube Truss (About Building Systems),’ featured in this photograph is a vision of healing. The sculpture creates a moment to observe the Indigenous technology of ocean canoe lashing used structurally in a common building system and suggests a possibility for futures that are justice-advancing.” Embracing our global community, the exhibition aims to provide points of cultural reconnection with the world beyond our borders. Explore all of the artists’ statements and artworks at publicartfund.org/GlobalPositioning, along with maps to find one in person near you. Video by @sandenwolff https://www.instagram.com/p/CbKsOUqA2T3/?utm_medium=tumblr

“Ignoring all infinite possibilities and choosing only one is the most solemn limitation of life. What is it to live just once? The ability of imagination positions and repositions me to understand the intentions and their beings. Making art heals me to accept a self fairly among parallels by perceiving if I am supposed to be an archer or an arrow.” Zoncy Heavenly is one of twenty artists featured in #GlobalPositioning, currently on view on @jcdecauxna bus shelters across New York City, Boston, and Chicago. Embracing our global community, the exhibition aims to provide points of cultural reconnection with the world beyond our borders. Explore all of the artists’ statements and artworks at publicartfund.org/GlobalPositioning, along with maps to find one in person near you. Zoncy Heavenly, “My Thambula in the Other Realms,” 2021. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Nicholas Knight @nicholasknightstudio, Courtesy of Public Art Fund, NY. Artwork a part of Global Positioning, presented in New York City by Public Art Fund on 320 JCDecaux bus shelters displayed across New York City, Chicago, and Boston, January 26—June 5, 2022. https://www.instagram.com/p/CbxY_CQA03s/?utm_medium=tumblr