May 6
Artist Talk: Syed Hosain
Wed, May 6, 2026
• 5:00pm
- 6:00pm (1h) • Boliou 104
This talk is proudly sponsored by the Christopher U. Light Lectureship in the Arts
Syed Hosain explores unfixed histories, traditions, and constructions, of Middle- East geography and his identity through painting. Syed draws on real and imagined narratives of the present and past colonial histories. His paintings suggest complex networks, sprawling cities, or molecular structures, and within the clustered code of mark making, figurative associations emerge and recede. Process and material driven, Hosain builds up rich surfaces creating a tension between recognition and obliteration This compelling ambiguity in the work invites close examination and rewards continued observation.
Event Contact: Xavier Tavera Castro