Join us for a conversation and Q&A with curators Carolina Jozami and Gabriela Naso in celebration of ‘Angel Otero. Agua Salada,’ at Hauser & Wirth Somerset.
Discussing the concepts of trace and fragmentation found in Angel Otero’s exhibition, Jozami and Naso will delve into the ways in which these notions appear in the artist’s oeuvre, and how these concepts relate to, and are disseminated by, wider artistic and curatorial practices.
Taking place in the Bourgeois Gallery, the event will start promptly at 6.30 pm, with seats being allocated on a first come, first serve basis.
Tickets are free, but advance booking is required. If you are able, we encourage participants to donate to our 2024 – 2026 charity partner Good Company Bruton.
Da Costa will be open for dinner reservations until 9.30 pm.
About ‘Angel Otero. Agua Salada’
Angel Otero’s UK exhibition features a deeply personal body of work completed during an artist residency in 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 through Sunday 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.
About Carolina Jozami
Carolina Jozami is an Argentine curator based in London and Associate Curator at Whitechapel Gallery in London, UK. Throughout her career, she has curated projects featuring artists such as León Ferrari, Seba Calfuqueo, Carolina Caycedo, Regina José Galindo, Aline Motta and Donald Rodney, among others. Her current projects include ‘Gabriel Chaile. Archaeology of Memory’ (2026) and the forthcoming exhibition of Cecilia Vicuña, both at Whitechapel Gallery.
She holds a BA in Art History and an MA in Argentine and Latin American Art History, and is a former resident of Delfina Foundation in London, UK. Her research focuses on the reconstruction of ephemeral artworks and its relevance, as well as on the role of geographical and temporal displacement in the production, interpretation and display of artworks. She previously worked for over 10 years in major public and private art institutions in Argentina, including: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes; Palais de Glace-Palacio Nacional de las Artes; and Espacio de Arte Fundación OSDE.
About Gabriela Naso
Gabriela Naso is an Argentine curator and researcher based in Buenos Aires. She works at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires, Argentina), where she recently curated the exhibitions ‘Narcisa Hirsch: Experimento y poesía’ (2024) and ‘Carlos Gorriarena: Retrato de un momento’ (2025).
She holds a Bachelor of Arts and is currently pursuing a PhD in Art History. Her research focuses on the emergence of conceptualism and new media in Argentine and Latin American art in the mid-20th Century, examined through the lens of gender studies and social and cultural history. For over 10 years, she has conducted research and curated and produced exhibitions and publications for major public and private art institutions both in Argentina and abroad.
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