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Between Beauty and Horror
FILM | The parts of beauty that can feel degrading or the tears that materialize from the most wretched joy are some of the ingredients that make up the Between.

Between Beauty and Horror: A Video Installation by Leila Weefur

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Date(s) - 02/15/2019 - 02/23/2019
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Aggregate Space Gallery

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  • 15 February- 23 March 2019

The parts of beauty that can feel degrading or the tears that materialize from the most wretched joy are some of the ingredients that make up the Between. These are considered to be the binding agents of Beauty and Horror, moments in life that can be difficult to distinguish discomfort and suffering from pleasure.

Leila Weefur and Aggregate Space Gallery present Between Beauty and Horror, a short film, presented as a diptych within an installation, exploring the violent, grotesque, and erotic elements of the Black experience. The work engages the senses by using the Blackberry fruit as a metaphor for Black being and explores the lived experiences that show up in the shadows of terror only to reveal themselves as gifts in disguise.

  • Opening Reception: 15 February, 6-10pm
  • First Friday Event: 1 March, 5-8pm
  • Artists Talk at The LAB: 8 March, 6pm
  • Second Saturday Artist Talk: 9 March, 11am
  • Gallery Hours: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays 1-5pm and by appointment

#ASGOakland #InstallTheUnimaginable

Aggregate Space is a warehouse and has a similar temperature to the outside; please dress accordingly.

Aggregate Space Gallery programs are generously supported by: Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Creative Work Fund (Walter & Elise Haas Fund and William and Flora Hewlett Foundation), Neda Nobari Foundation, Creative Work Fund, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Clorox Foundation, Awesome Foundation, and ArtNow International.

Image courtesy of Leila Weefur

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