Agatha Wara: That awful hole
Opening hours: Thursday > Saturday, 14:00-18:00
Former WIELS resident Agatha Wara brings her latest work to AFFILIATE, a space in the city centre where alumni of the WIELS Residency Programme present their projects. The exhibition has been generously supported by the Office for Contemporary Art Norway.
Opening: Wednesday 09.10.2024, 18:00-21:00
Presentation: 10.10-26.10.2024, 14:00-18:00 (Open Thursday > Saturday)
Location: AFFILIATE, rue du Jardin des Olives 3 Olivetenhof, 1000 Brussels
Free entrance
BIO I In Bolivia-born American artist Agatha Wara’s practice, phantasms of identity are excavated as the self is hollowed out, and dissolved, subject to fictionalization, narrativization, and (re)presentation. Wara’s work combines textual endeavors, video, sculpture, performance, and occasional parties. South American llamas appear as avatars, fashion and glamour meets rural trash, while tradition and myth are mashed up with contemporary commerce. Wara is currently showing work as part of the group exhibition "Poésie contre fin du monde" curated by Ethan Assouline and Devrim Bayar at Mécènes du Sud in Montpellier, and “Staking Your Life on a Prank” at Galerie Yeche Lange in New York City. Wara is based in Oslo and represented by the gallery Damien & the Love Guru.