Join us on Wednesday 17 May for the opening of two exhibitions at WIELS: Shezad Dawood: Night in the Garden of Love, inspired by & featuring Yusef Lateef, andTapta: Espaces souples with new work by Greet Billet, Hana Miletić and Richard Venlet. Welcome for a promising night at WIELS with live performances, tunes by MAMIKO MOTTO and two new exhibitions to be [removed];
And if 17 May is still too far away for you, you are also welcome to a late night openingtonight! Discover the detailed programme [removed];
For this new exhibition, British artist Shezad Dawood finds inspiration in the creative output of African American musician, composer and polymath, Yusef Lateef. Enter Dawood’s universe through an enchanting VR experience, a suite of new painted textiles, and a garden of digital plants growing in response to Lateef’s music.
You can also encounter a live mutant dancing through the exhibition, wearing a specially created costume sculpture, as Dawood’s work breaks down the boundaries between the analogue and the digital, between fiction, virtual reality and real life.
Curators: Zoë Gray & Helena Kritis Produced in partnership with: Aga Khan Museum in Toronto With the special support of: GBL Thanks to: The Ekard Collection, Jhaveri Contemporary (Mumbai), Barakat Contemporary (Seoul) & Firmenich Special thanks to: The Estate of Yusef Lateef
The Polish-Belgian artist Tapta set out in the 1960s to radically redefine sculpture by using textiles and other flexible materials as sculptural elements. This exhibition centres on Tapta’s attention to the tactility of her materials, the suppleness of structures, individual and collective practice, and the interaction between artwork, space and viewer. New work by Greet Billet, Hana Miletić and Richard Venlet is also presented in relation to Tapta’s historical pieces.
Curator: Liesbeth Decan In collaboration with: the Intermedia Research Unit of LUCA School of Arts, Brussels With the special support of: Maurice Verbaet Thanks to: the Flemish Government, LUCA School of Arts, M HKA and Ateliers Wauters
Come join us on our festive Apéro Tour every first Wednesday of the month! Be surprised by the current exhibition and enjoy a unique experience, with a delicious drink before or after.
Discover the link between Marc Camille Chaimowicz and Madame Bovary in this series of reading workshops. Actively, interactively and creatively participate in reading and writing about Flaubert’s famous [removed];
Marie Canet, author of the monograph Reverie, Its Practice and Means of Display (2022), outlines developments in Marc Camille Chaimowicz’s practice since the 1970s. In this lecture, she focuses on Chaimowicz’s iconic work Celebration? Realife.