Goodman Gallery is pleased to present ‘Unfolding Negatives’, a solo presentation by Jerusalem-born artist Dor Guez—his first in the gallery’s New York space. The exhibition will mark a return to US audiences since the recent war broke out in the Middle East.
The exhibition continues Guez’s exploration of the overlooked histories of his family and related communities, while also reflecting his engagement with American photographers who were active in the Levant during the first half of the 20th century.
The artist’s multicultural and multi-religious heritage—having a Palestinian mother from Lydda and an Arab-Jewish father from Tunisia—are often fundamental to his approach to the concepts of home and exile, underscoring how minorities often possess deeper insights into majority perspectives. Guez’s work points to the complexities between first-hand accounts of the past and dominant narratives through diverse mediums. His practice draws on archival materials from both public and private sources, exploring ways in which stories are formed.
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Dor Guez
Dor Guez Munayer’s (b. Jerusalem) practice comprises photography, video, installations, and sculpture. Through multimedia performances, Guez transforms art into a vehicle for storytelling. During a recent performance at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, he examined multi-colonial projections looking at different historical resources. His latest overview, “Catastrophe,” at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá in 2022, spanned a wide range of works that reflect the artist’s engagement with his communities and the ever-evolving studies of the Mediterranean Basin.
Guez’s work has been displayed in solo exhibitions at the Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City (2023); Felix Nussbaum Museum, Osnabrück (2023); MAMBO: Museum of Modern Art, Bogota (2022); Kunst im Kreuzgang, Bielefeld (2021); Futura Gallery, Prague, (2020); American Colony Archive, Jerusalem (2019); MAN Museum, Nuoro (2018); the Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem (2017); the Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit (2016); the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2015) the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Massachusetts (2013); The Mosaic Rooms, A.M Qattan Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Arab Culture & Art, London (2013) and the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2010).
Guez’s works are included in public collections such as Tate Modern London, Center Pompidou Paris, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, LACMA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Princeton University Art Museum, The Jewish Museum New York, Rose Art Museum, FRAC collection Marseille, Museum of Modern Art Bogota, and more.
Dor Guez Munayer lives and works between Jaffa and Athens.
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