18 -27 OCTOBER 2022

OPENING RECEPTION 

Unrealized, a solo project by Adeel uz Zafar, aims to problematize notions of production, process and exhibition, asking questions about the words finished and unfinished, of value and process, of support and patronage, and of what it means to an artist to term a work as either finished, realized, completed, or conversely unfinished, unrealized, or rejected. It hopes to unpack both the often invisible labor of artistic process, as well as the conceptual trajectory that artists evoke in their own minds as a light that guides them on their lifelong paths of creative discovery and problem solving. In this, it comes to evoke what Hans Ulrich Obrist refers to as the “speculative power of non-action”, speaking to the persistent potential of that which remains ‘unrealized’ or ‘unfinished’. Often, a return to older works, particularly those never exhibited, or even perhaps executed, can in turn lead to future directions, making connections evident, and rendering the invisible visible. It is within this context that Adeel uz Zafar’s new exhibition finds itself located, simultaneously looking at the past, present and future. Seeking new directions, this exhibition extends the boundaries of art making and practice through time and space, through the material and immaterial, blurring the boundaries between making and unmaking in navigating through these complex and nuanced fields.