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Lola Daels

Soapstones

Lola Daels

Soapstones

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2020. Soap.

I bought a stone from a man on the streets in Tehran. He found it, among many others, in the Alborz Mountains bordering the city. I paid €0.30 for the stone. Iran was already (2019) in an economic crisis as a result of the American sanctions.

By reproducing my Iranian stone with soap, I am questioning subjects of globalization and authenticity. The resulting sculptures have something supernatural. The different layers of colors and scents give it a fragile and sensitive tactility. The sculptures are soft and highly responding to condition changes, far different from the mother mineral stone. On the other hand, its shape remains the one from a rock with sharp edges. Hard and extremely durable, possibly millions of years old and shaped without any human intervention.

© Photo Stijn Vanwing

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

2023 January - February 11th, 2023 Duo-show ‘Light of the past’, Loup Lejeune and Lola Daels @Plagiarama Gallery

2023 Februari 2th - May, 2023 - Art au Centre Liège, Exhibition & parcours in the center of Liège.

2023 October 14, 2022 - 19.03.2023 - Minimalism-Maximalism-Mechanismmm, Exhibition at Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark.

2022 Januari - December Veldwerk, research project in collaboration with Sebastiaan Willemen for Plan B. Find more information about this project here. .

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