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Lola Daels

The Great Barrier

Lola Daels

The Great Barrier

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2021­ - 2022. Pietra Dura: Inlay of semi-precious stones, 35 cm x 54 cm x 2,5cm.

The Great Barrier is a series of five pietra dura (hard stone) panels, in memoriam of one of our planets biggest natural wonders: the great coral reef in Queensland, North-East Australia. In October 2012, research showed that the reef had diminished by 50% since 1985, as a consequence of tourism, pollution, shifting dynamics and balances in the ecosystem, and unprecedented weather conditions. The abundant colours stand in stark opposition to the bleak reality of the current state of these corals, which are losing their colour rapidly and irreversibly. What’s gone is gone. © Photo Eline Willaert

 

 

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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