“Pink Wave Hunter” at the Benaki Museum
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
The exhibition “Pink Wave Hunter”, opened its doors on Thursday at the Benaki Museum, featuring a series of sculptural models of buildings drawn from memories of artist, Andro Wekua’s childhood in Sukhumi in Georgia. The exhibition will run until March 23, 2014.
The exhibition and accompanying event are part of a new program of collaboration between the Benaki Museum and the DESTE Foundation, which aims to bring to the museum's buildings a series of solo and group shows of contemporary art.
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 put together original curatorial approaches.
Wekua was born in the popular seaside town of Sukhumi. The town was devastated by civil war, leaving the artist and his family part of the Georgian diaspora unable to return to home. Drawing on this experience, Wekua presents images of his childhood town from memory and creates sculptural representations of the city’s buildings.
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