Every week, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators, artists, and other special guests. These lively, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view.

This week, join artist Thameur Mejri for a conversation about works in the exhibition Afropolitan: Contemporary African Arts at NOMA, which features Mejri’s 2018 work titled “Untitled (Eroded Grounds).” This talk will be offered at 12:30 pm and 6:00 pm.

Included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.

About Thameur Mejri

Thameur Mejri investigates complexities of human existence by identifying parallels between paradoxical ideas of violence, innocence, guilt and shame. He blurs the boundaries between public and private in an effort to confront individual and collective values, particularly in contemporary Tunisian society. Mejri examines what happens in the painting and through the painting, where indifference bids farewell, and affect becomes activated; it strikes back with force.

He has exhibited widely, including the 13th Cairo Biennial, Cairo, Egypt / Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal / The New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, USA / The Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon, France / N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, USA / New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, New York, USA / Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) L.I., New York, USA. He also has had solo exhibitions at Jack Bell Gallery, London, UK / Gallery 1957, Accra, Ghana / Selma Feriani Gallery, Tunis, Tunisia / B7L9 Art Station. The Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Tunis, Tunisia / Montague Contemporary, New York, USA / Uitstalling Art Gallery, Genk, Belgium.

Mejri’s graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Tunis, and he is currently teaching at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Nabeul.