Join us in our bookstore and galleries for a conversation with Joan Jonas and Shirin Neshat in conjuction with our exhibition Joan Jonas: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral to celebrate Joan Jonas' Snakes and Butterflies, a special limited edition print portfolio published by Noire Edition/Gallery in collaboration with Giulia Theodoli. Jonas and Iranian artist Shirin Neshat, who published projects with Noire Editions in 2018 and 1998, will have a wide-ranging conversation on the arc of their practices of artmaking, storytelling, ritual and drawing.
This edition includes images of snakes and butterflies, taken from a sketchbook with pages of various colors that Jonas created during the production of The Shape the Scent the Feel of Things (2004-2007), and were inspired by the writings of the German art historian Aby Warburg (1866 - 1929). Warburg documents visits to the southwest of America to experience the rich culture of the indigenous populations of that area, namely the Hopi. In particular, he wrote about the snake dance that Jonas would later witness in a Hopi pueblo during her trip to Arizona in the 1960s which she was deeply influenced by.