Curator
Exhibitions
Writing
About
FOUND AND LOST
Goethe-Institut Cyprus, Nicosia
April 9 – June 4, 2022
with
Phung-Tien Phan
Marina Xenofontos
curated byLorenzo Graf
Found and Lost: Phung-Tien Phan, Marina Xenofontos
(exhibition view). ©Goethe-Institut / Mirka
Koutsouri, Courtesy of the artists,
Drei, Cologne and Hot Wheels
Athens.Marina Xenofontos, Dragmonster 1974, 2022. ©Goethe-Institut / Mirka Koutsouri, Courtesy of the artist and Hot Wheels Athens.
Phung-Tien Phan, Dizzzy, 2021 (left), Girl at Heart, 2020 (right). ©Goethe-Institut / Mirka Koutsouri, Courtesy of the artists and Drei, Cologne.
What I eat, what I wear, what sports I practice, which location I tag, or which vintage objects I re-evaluate: creatively and precisely composed consumer behaviours perform and illustrate how I found the way to myself. The exhibition with works by Phung-Tien Phan and Marina Xenofontos deals with this phenomenon. Existing and newly commissioned sculptures, installations, and video works engage in an exchange within Goethe-Institut’s historically charged location in the Nicosia Buffer Zone.
This duo exhibition resulted from an invitation by Goethe-Institut to Lorenzo Graf.
Phung-Tien Phan (*1983, Germany) lives and works in Essen. Her works have been exhibited among others at Kunsthalle Basel, Schiefe Zähne, Édouard Montassut, and Arcadia Missa.
Marina Xenofontos (*1988, Cyprus) lives and works between Limassol and Paris. Her works have been exhibited among others at Kunstverein Hamburg, Camden Arts Center, SculptureCenter New York, and Ermes Ermes.