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Lola Daels

The shrine, mud wall samsung ac

Lola Daels

The shrine, mud wall samsung ac

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2019. Earth bricks, air conditioning ventilator, at Deegar platform, Teheran.

This work was made in collaboration with Sebastiaan Willemen in Tehran. After working in Morocco in 2018, we were able to dig deeper into the vernacular techniques of architecture and urbanism in the Islamic world during a stay at Kooshk residency in Tehran, Iran.

The installation brings together two local architectural elements deriving from a different era. A wall made of sun dried, mud bricks curves around a mechanical air conditioning ventilator, while the whole is enlightened with candles. The setup refers to a shrine, in which the vernacular wisdom submits itself to the advantage of contemporary techniques. © Image courtesy of the artist

Biography

Lola Prima Donna Daels °1990, Brussel (BE) represented by Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels. Currently in residency @level five Brussels.

 

 

Lola Prima Donna Daels (b. 1990 in Jette, BE) is a Brussels based artist. Leaving from found objects, she poses critical inquiries about the ecological and socio-political situation. By reshaping and integrating her relics into new contexts she questions the concept of authenticity in our globalizing society. She has exponentially gravitated towards researching the human impact from an ecological preoccupation. She works site-specifically, both in research scope as well as in execution. 

Daels obtained her master degree in visual arts in 2014 at Luca School of Arts, Brussels. She has been part of several residency programs such as EKWC (NL), Kooshk recidency (IR) and Cité Internationale des Arts (FR). Her work was shown at Bozar (BE), Extracity Kunsthal (BE), Deegar Platform (IR), Art Sonje Center Seoul (KR) and many more.

Her interest in urban complexities led to the collaboration with architect and urbanist Sebastiaan Willemen. She's is a member of Level Five artistic ecology in Brussels. Currently she's represented by Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels. 

Upcoming

2024 

  • Matter of Fact - Group Exhibition at WhiteHouse Gallery 
    19 Oct 2024 - 21 Nov 2024
     
  • Mine Away - Solo Exhibition at M Leuven 
    14th March - 5th Sept 2024
     
  • Artist talk
    + screening of the movie ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ by Sofie Bennoot
    Thursday sept 5th 2024
    19:00 – 21:50 at M Leuven

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