In Practice

In Practice: Nadim Choufi

Oct 2–13, 2025

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Nadim Choufi, In the Face of the Dragon, 2025. Book and image design by Studio Safar. Courtesy the artist

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Opening Reception
Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 5–8pm

Nadim Choufi’s work explores how ideals of progress manifest and seduce, and the price of such visions on the lives subjected to their realization. Through sculpture, film, and text, Choufi draws on visual and literary practices that oppose or complicate narratives of national and global progress. For Choufi’s project at SculptureCenter, he has produced a new publication, In the Face of the Dragon, in which he composed a cento poem from lines borrowed from Arab poets who transform themselves, their lovers, and their people into animals and natural elements, speaking through these tongues of love and resistance. The publication is translated to English by Suneela Mubayi in collaboration with the artist.

Performances and Programming
Opening and Performance by Elsa Saade - Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 5–8pm

Performance Lecture by Nadim Choufi and Elsa Saade - Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 4pm
This performance has limited capacity, to attend RSVP here.

In Practice: Nadim Choufi is curated by Chris Aque, Exhibition and Program Manager, and Jovanna Venegas, Curator.

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In Practice is made possible by the Elaine Graham Weitzen Commissioning Fund for Emerging Artists, which supports the production of new work by artists selected from SculptureCenter's annual open call.

In Practice: Nadim Choufi is supported by the Mondriaan Fund, the public fund for visual art and cultural heritage.

Major support for the In Practice 2025 program is provided by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. The In Practice program is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Generous support for In Practice is provided by Sarah Elson.

Support for all of SculptureCenter’s work with artists from abroad is provided by the International Council: Anonymous, Stephen Cheng, Micki Meng, Yan Du, Thomas Berger, Antonio Murzi and Diana Morgan, Audrey Rose Smith and Vicente Muñoz, and Füsun Eczacıbaşı - SAHA.

Leadership support for SculptureCenter’s exhibitions and programs is provided by Barbara and Andrew Gundlach, Carol Bove, Eva Hesse Charitable Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, and Teiger Foundation. Major support is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Eleanor Heyman Propp, Jacques Louis Vidal, Jill and Peter Kraus, Marguerite Steed Hoffman Donor Advised Fund at The Dallas Foundation, Miyoung Lee and Neil Simpkins, and Richard Chang. Generous support is provided by Amy and Sean Lyons, Candy and Michael Barasch, David Andersson & Andrew Fine, David Maclean, Fred Wilson, Jane Hait and Justin Beal, Libby and Adrian Ellis, and the May and Samuel Rudin Foundation, Inc. Additional funding is provided by Steven Abraham and Lisa Young, Gabrielle Humphrey, Lily Lyons and Julien Sarkozy.

In Practice: Nadim Choufi

Oct 2–13, 2025

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