Join a community of educators to celebrate ‘Angel Otero. Agua Salada’ at Hauser & Wirth Somerset.
Our Learning team will hold an evening of exploration and exchange to:
Make connections with fellow educators
Discover how the gallery can offer experiential and discursive opportunities as a catalyst for creativity
Find out more about our ongoing programs, resources and latest news
Arts educators and teaching artists of all contexts and disciplines are invited to attend.
Tickets are free, but advance booking is requires. If you are able, we encourage donations to our 2024 – 2026 charity partner Good Company Bruton.
Schedule
5 – 5.45 pm: Welcome drinks
5.45 – 6.45 pm: Introduction and exhibition tour
6.45 – 7 pm: Closing questions and conversation
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.
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.
The exhibition is on view from 2 May through 18 October.
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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.
