Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
October 14–November 15, 2014
London

For his first exhibition with Sprüth Magers, Andro Wekua will transform the London gallery by installing a wall constructed of rough breeze blocks, partially obscuring the view into the space through the large bay window. While from the exterior the blocks will be untreated and exposed, the interior side of the wall will have a smooth white surface as if to disguise it from within, allowing the wall to blend seamlessly into the interior space. Within the gallery, Wekua will suspend from the ceiling a life-sized sculpture of an androgynous adolescent.

 

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Known for his uncanny evocations of architecture and memory through exhibitions that imply a non-linear narrative, Wekua here creates a psychologically charged interior. A figure, at once robotic and lifelike, is isolated in a clean gallery space, behind a forbidding block wall that restricts the view to the outside world. The device from which the figure hangs suggests a playground swing, yet he or she hangs in a physically impossible position. Wekua poses questions about interior and exterior, private and public space, performance and imprisonment, revelling in an ambiguity that serves to provoke the viewer’s imagination.

The exhibition will also feature a group of paintings that combine portraiture, abstraction and figuration. Whether the characters in the paintings relate to the sculpture is unclear, and Wekua invites us to make our own connections through his work.

 

Installation Views
Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London
Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, London, October 14–November 15, 2014

Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, London, October 14–November 15, 2014

Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London
Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, London, October 14–November 15, 2014

Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, London, October 14–November 15, 2014

Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London
Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, London, October 14–November 15, 2014

Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, London, October 14–November 15, 2014

Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London
Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, London, October 14–November 15, 2014

Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, London, October 14–November 15, 2014

Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London
Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, London, October 14–November 15, 2014

Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, London, October 14–November 15, 2014

Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London
Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, London, October 14–November 15, 2014

Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, London, October 14–November 15, 2014

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Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London

Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, London, October 14–November 15, 2014

Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London

Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, London, October 14–November 15, 2014

Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London

Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, London, October 14–November 15, 2014

Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London

Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, London, October 14–November 15, 2014

Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London

Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, London, October 14–November 15, 2014

Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London

Andro Wekua
Some Pheasants in Singularity
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, London, October 14–November 15, 2014

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Exhibited Works
Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London
Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2014
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Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2014
Fake hair, silicone, wax, polymer plaster, PU foam, steel, glass, synthetic rope, aluminium cast, fabric, motors, electronics, mechanics
168 × 60 × 161 cm
66 1/8 × 23 5/8 × 63 3/8 inches

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Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London
Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2014

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2014
Wax, bronze, aluminium, silicone, natural hair, fabric, steel
50 × 81 × 24 cm
19 3/4 × 32 × 9 1/2 inches

Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London
Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2013/14
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Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2013/14
Felt pen, oil pastel, crayon, pencil, ballpoint pen, gloss paint and paper on screen print
30 × 21.5 cm
11 7/8 x 84 5/8 inches

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Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London
Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2013/14

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2013/14
Oil, oil pastel, oil crayon on linen
113.8 × 134.4 cm
44 7/8 × 53 inches

Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London
Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2013/14

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2013/14
Oil, oil pastel, oil crayon, paint stick on linen
56.2 × 50.4 cm
22 1/8 × 19 7/8 inches

Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London
Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2013/14

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2013/14
Oil, oil pastel, oil crayon, ballpoint pen on linen
43.5 × 39.7 cm
17 1/8 × 15 5/8 inches

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Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2014
Fake hair, silicone, wax, polymer plaster, PU foam, steel, glass, synthetic rope, aluminium cast, fabric, motors, electronics, mechanics
168 × 60 × 161 cm
66 1/8 × 23 5/8 × 63 3/8 inches

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2014
Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London
Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2014 (detail)

Andro Wekua
Untitled
Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London
Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2014 (detail)

Andro Wekua
Untitled
Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2014
Wax, bronze, aluminium, silicone, natural hair, fabric, steel
50 × 81 × 24 cm
19 3/4 × 32 × 9 1/2 inches

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2014
Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2013/14
Felt pen, oil pastel, crayon, pencil, ballpoint pen, gloss paint and paper on screen print
30 × 21.5 cm
11 7/8 x 84 5/8 inches

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2013/14
Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London
Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2013/14 (unframed)

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2014
Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2013/14
Oil, oil pastel, oil crayon on linen
113.8 × 134.4 cm
44 7/8 × 53 inches

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2013/14
Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2013/14
Oil, oil pastel, oil crayon, paint stick on linen
56.2 × 50.4 cm
22 1/8 × 19 7/8 inches

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2013/14
Andro Wekua – Some Pheasants in Singularity – London

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2013/14
Oil, oil pastel, oil crayon, ballpoint pen on linen
43.5 × 39.7 cm
17 1/8 × 15 5/8 inches

Andro Wekua
Untitled, 2013/14
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Selected Press

Dark Matter
032c, article by Thoma Bettridge, Winter, 2014 – 2015

Andro Wekua
Artforum, review by Hili Perlson, November 2, 2014

Ja, ist denn heut schon Halloween?
Welt am Sonntag, review by Gesine Borcherdt, October 26, 2014

Highlights from Frieze London, Where New and Old Commingle
T Magazine, The New York Times, review by Kevin McGarry, October 20, 2014