A Soldier's Lust

Katia Bassanini

• Forever & Today, Inc.
• 141 Division Street
• Saturday, November 7 - Sunday, November 8, times vary

Bathing and performing domestic tasks around a bathtub installed in this tiny storefront, the artist will assume the role of “Madame D” to entertain passersby with tales of her heroic adventures.

Katia Bassanini (b. 1969, Lugano, Switzerland) lives and works in New York and Lugano, Switzerland. Bassanini received her diploma in Visual Art from the Superior School of Visual Art (ESAV), Geneva, Switzerland, in 1996. Recent solo exhibitions include Centro d’arte la Rada, Locarno, Switzerland (2009); Aktuelle Kunst, Luzern, Switzerland (2006); and Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy (2003). Bassanini has also participated in group presentations, performances and special projects for Kunsthalle Vienna, Vienna, Austria (2009); Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland (2008); SculptureCenter, Long Island City, New York (2007); Swiss Institute, New York, New York (2006) among others, and has received awards including Fair Play ’07, Berlin, Germany (2007) and Swiss Awards, Fri-Art Centre d’Art Contemporain, Fribourg, Switzerland (2000).

Presented by Forever & Today, Inc. Supported by Stiftung Erna and Curt Burgauer, Zürich. Part of the Lust Weekend.

Saturday, November 7: 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7pm
Opening reception: Saturday, November 7, 6-8pm
Sunday, November 8: 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm

FREE