Andro Wekua – Pink Wave Hunter is part of a new collaboration between the Benaki Museum and the DESTE Foundation, which aims to bring a series of solo and group contemporary art exhibitions to the museum. This collaboration between the two institutions aims to promote new and radical developments in contemporary art practice, introduce upcoming artists and important artwork to a wider public, and help inspire novel curatorial approaches.
Pink Wave Hunter marks the beginning of this collaboration and will be followed by a group show scheduled to open at the Benaki Museum, Pireos Street Annexe in the summer of 2014.
The exhibition features a series of sculptural models of buildings drawn from memories of Wekua’s childhood in Sukhumi, Georgia. Wekua was born in the popular seaside town of Sukhumi, where he lived until his family was forced to flee during the Abkhazian conflict of the 1990’s. The town was subsequently devastated by civil war, leaving the artist and his family part of the Georgian diaspora unable to return to home.
Organized by the DESTE Foundation in collaboration with the Benaki Museum
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