ACAYE KERUNEN & SOFIA BORGES

Art Brussels 2023

For the participation at Art Brussels 2023 we are happy to present an international, female duo booth, introducing works by the African artist Acaye Kerunen as well as the Brazilian artist Sofia Borges.

Acaye Kerunen is a multidisciplinary performance and installation artist, storyteller, writer, actress and activist based in Kampala, Uganda. Her installation and multimedia works speak of a strong conviction in Ugandan women’s empowerment through the indexical collaborative work made with local craftswomen, which are orchestrated by Kerunen into installations that question the scaffolding of fine art versus craft as predicated by western art traditions. In addition, her works are the result of performance, collaboration, social work, environmental consciousness and addressing authentic creation as lived experience.

ACAYE KERUNEN

Kakare, 2021, Mixed media, 370 cm H x 860 cm W x 50 cm D

(145 5/8“ H x 338 1/2“ W x 19 3/4“ D inches).

Brazilian artist Sofia Borges (b.1984) has been using the photographic medium to study philosophical notions and to question the mere act of representation itself for over a decade. Her extensive field of research started at Acaye Kerunen, paleontology museums, caves and other spontaneous shrines of archetype archiving that more recently has evolved into a practice oscillating between performance, collage, image and metaphysics. Disconcertingly unfamiliar and unrelated objects are unified through her strong aesthetic language and subsequently further intertwined to the body of her work, always in a seemingly intrinsic manner.

Although the artist works with different media and production methods, one can find a strong connection within the work, especially with regard to the incorporation of historical references in the context. Both Kerunen‘s and Borges‘s works stand out for their very personal visual language, which is characterized in particular by the use of diverse media as well as an association to the individual background of the artists. However the works are able to discuss current and necessary social issues. Displayed together they represent the strong visual language of two powerful female artists.

Art Brussels 2023

April 20th -

April 23rd, 2023