Past Perfect / Present Tense:
Contemporary Art In Dialogue With The Past
The Past Perfect / Present Tense exhibition brings together the work of seven international artists who explore the dynamic interplay between representations of culture in the past as portrayed through a contemporary lens. For each artist, the past informs and challenges the present, each creating artwork that draws on and reinterprets the rich material of past genres, masterworks, and concepts to create a dialogue between what has come before and the moment we are in now. Art references include revisited techniques, styles, materials, and ideologies that inform and enrich contemporary narratives.
October 17th - 30th, 15 East 40th Street, 11th floor
Grand Prize:
Marie-Ange Hoda Ackad
Marie-Ange Hoda Ackad is a Canadian visual artist whose multimedia practice spans oil painting, pastel, and collage. Her work investigates the visual languages of both art history and mass culture, examining how representation shapes our understandings of identity, power, and belonging. Drawing from classical compositions and live-model studies, she reimagines historical artworks through a contemporary lens, centering figures and narratives often excluded from the canon.
See Marie-Ange Hoda Ackad’s Collection HERE
Finalists & Special Winner Categories:
Honorable Mention Recipients:
Maggie Kotuk | Arman Zhenikeyev | Brit Bunkley | Anqi Chen | Robert Obier | Mario Saponaro | Kyra Clemons | Kathryn Morgan | Ingrid Hoffstadter Visnovska | Patrick Webb | Nicola Barth | Carol Bouyoucos | Anne-Marie Delaunay-Danizio | Peter Turner | Rogier Houwen | Igor Eugen Prokop | Marita Setas Ferro | Shavit Vos | Noelle Maline
VENUE:
The BLANC Art Space: 15 East 40th Street, 11th floor, New York City
The BLANC Art Space is dedicated to promoting and advancing visual, performing, and creative art through a series of exhibitions, performances, presentations, panels, and outreach programs. We are committed to forging an innovative and inspiring art exchange platform to help young artists start their incredible art journey and in which all people have the opportunity to collectively share the rich aesthetic, creativity, inclusion, and humanity of the art.
