Nasher Prize Dialogues: Sculpture and Organic Material, presented in partnership with the Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art in Ghent, Belgium Conversation between 2025 Nasher Prize laureate Otobong Nkanga and artist Precious Okoyomon to discuss their use of organic matter in sculptures and installations; a part of Nasher Prize’s ongoing series of international public programs.
This program brings together 2025 Nasher Prize laureate Otobong Nkanga and artist Precious Okoyomon to discuss their use of organic matter in sculptures and installations, often creating sensory worlds inside of museums and galleries. Through a shared use of plants, herbs, stones, and other raw materials, the artists’ two distinct practices manifest in spaces that envelope their audiences beyond visual planes, pushing the multi-dimensional qualities of sculpture. The conversation will be moderated by independent curator Fabian Flückiger.
The discussion is part of Nasher Prize Dialogues, the discursive platform of the Nasher Prize, the international prize for a living artist in recognition of a body of work that has had an extraordinary impact on the understanding of sculpture. Dialogues is intended to foster international awareness of sculpture and to stimulate discussion and debate. Programs—including panel discussions, lectures, and symposia—are held in cities around the world on a yearly basis, offering engagement with various audiences and providing myriad perspectives and insight into the ever-expanding field of sculpture.
Previous Nasher Prize Dialogues programs have occurred in partnership with the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico; New Museum, New York, NY; CHART, Copenhagen, Denmark; Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland; The Common Guild, Glasgow, UK; Sixth Floor Museum, Dallas, TX; Museo Jumex, Mexico City, MX; Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany; and Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, in partnership with the Henry Moore Foundation, and included artists such as Nina Baier, Martin Boyce, and Michael Elmgreen; Theaster Gates and Ragnar Kjartansson; Jacolby Satterwhite and Mika Rottenberg; Pedro Reyes, Amalia Pica, Damian Ortega, and Sanford Biggers; Alfredo Jaar, Jill Magid, lauren woods, and Paul Ramirez Jonas; Michael Dean, Phyllida Barlow, and Eva Rothschild, among others.