Are you aged between 15 – 19 years with a passion for art? Join Hauser & Wirth Somerset’s youth collective Arthaus to celebrate the exhibition ‘Angel Otero. Agua Salada’ and explore the ‘Education Lab: Echoes’ with a private tour.

You will have the opportunity to: 

• Explore the exhibition after-hours

• Discover more about Arthaus and hear about their experience meeting Angel Otero during his Somerset residency and creating short films for the Education Lab

• View the creative outcomes and hear the community soundscape in the Education Lab

• Make your own memories and contributions to the community archive

This is a free event, but advance booking is required. If you would like to join the event, or become a member of Arthaus, please contact our Learning team at hwsomersetlearning@hauserwirth.com. 

About Arthaus
Arthaus is an inclusive community of young people aged 15 – 19 years who share a passion for art. It is an opportunity to meet regularly at the gallery to connect with like-minded individuals, socialize, collaborate and embrace new experiences. It is a space for alternative voices, self-expression, inspiration and creative freedom.

About ‘Angel Otero. Agua Salada’
Angel Otero’s UK exhibition features a deeply personal body of work completed during an artist residency at Hauser & Wirth Somerset. Known for his physically immersive approach to paint as material, Otero transforms the medium itself—scraping, layering and peeling dried oil paint to create richly textured compositions that hover between abstraction and figuration. Moving his studio practice from New York and Puerto Rico temporarily to Somerset, the residency provided Otero with the opportunity to continue his exploration of memory, place and meaning in the context of a new environment.

The exhibition is on view from 2 May through 18 October.

About Angel Otero
Angel Otero’s practice is known for employing highly innovative techniques that challenge the parameters of his materials, revealing the intrinsic qualities of paint. His works are rooted in abstract image making and engage with ideas of memory through addressing art history, as well as his own lived experience. His signature mode of storytelling evokes the ways in which household objects become personified through the lens of memory. These objects, seemingly quotidian at first glance, take on the role of surrogates for family members and moments from the artist’s past.

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Please be advised that photographs will be taken at this event for use on the Hauser & Wirth website, social media and in other marketing materials.