Nairy Baghramian’s Lexicon of Sculpture
Discover the work of Nairy Baghramian through the perspective of André Rottmann, in the context of the exhibition nameless at WIELS.
Since 2008, Rottmann has written and lectured on the work of Nairy Baghramian on numerous occasions and most recently contributed a comprehensive survey of her practice to the publication Nairy Baghramian. Déformation professionnelle.
Biography
André Rottmann is a Berlin-based art historian and has been Professor for Art and Media Theory at Europa-Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, since 2022. His writings on contemporary art have appeared in journals like OCTOBER, Grey Room, Artforum, Cahiers d’Art and Texte zur Kunst, among others, and in catalogues of museums and exhibitions (for example the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid,, Kunstmuseum Basel or Skulptur Projekte Münster 2017). Upcoming publications include the book Isa Genzken. Fuck the Bauhaus (Afterall One Works Series/The MIT Press, 2024) and the anthology Pierre Huyghe. October File (The MIT Press, 2026). He has been an advisory board member of OCTOBER magazine since 2024. Since 2008 he has written and lectured on the work of Nairy Baghramian on numerous occasions and most recently contributed a comprehensive survey of her practice to the publication Nairy Baghramian. Déformation professionelle (S.M.A.K. – Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent / Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2018).