Wisrah Villefort at BPA / Cologne

Wisrah Villefort
Set

July 15 - August 26, 2022

BPA

Maastrichter Str. 10
Cologne, Germany

Wisrah Villefort, Set BPA, Cologne. Exhibition view.

Wisrah Villefort, Set BPA, Cologne. Exhibition view.

Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Belonging, 2022. A set of objects belonging to the institution, gallery, organization, or space where the work is presented. (Variable materials. Variable dimensions).

Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Curral, 2022. A set of a faux and an authentic leather bag attached to one another by a set of hair clips, necklaces, and bracelets. (Fake leather, genuine leather, metal, and plastic types. Variable dimensions).

Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Curral, 2022. A set of a faux and an authentic leather bag attached to one another by a set of hair clips, necklaces, and bracelets. (Fake leather, genuine leather, metal, and plastic types. Variable dimensions).

Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Curral, 2022. A set of a faux and an authentic leather bag attached to one another by a set of hair clips, necklaces, and bracelets. (Fake leather, genuine leather, metal, and plastic types. Variable dimensions).

Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Pigs, 2022. A set of piggy banks.

(Variable materials. Variable dimensions).

Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Pigs, 2022. A set of piggy banks.

(Variable materials. Variable dimensions).

Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Pigs, 2022. A set of piggy banks.

(Variable materials. Variable dimensions).

Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Exhibition view.

Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Map, 2022. The exhibition map hand-drawn by the artist. Pen and pencil on paper. 21 x 29,7 cm.

 Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Picks, 2022. A set of flowers, branches, and bushes picked by the artist. Variable materials. Variable dimensions.

Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Exhibition view.

Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Sunrise, 2022. 

(Pen on paper, 10.3 x 9.7 cm).

Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Sunrise II, 2022. (Pen on paper, 9.7 x 7.3 cm).

Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Sunrise III, 2022. (Digital print on PVC, 5.3 x 5.1 cm).

Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Nickel, 2022. A set with all coins the artist has. The curator commits to make a deposit to the artist on a total of the coins' value until the day of the exhibition's opening as agreed. (Variable materials. Variable dimensions).

Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Exhibition view.

Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Commits, 2022. A set with the contract, the receipt, and all other documents related to Nickel, 2022. (Variable materials. Variable dimensions).

Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Exhibition view.

Wisrah Villefort, Set at BPA, Cologne. Exhibition view.

All images courtesy and copyright of Wisrah Villefort and BPA, Cologne.

BPA is pleased to announce and invite you to Set, the first solo exhibition of artist Wisrah Villefort in Germany. Join us for the opening on July 15th, from 7 to 10pm. 

Wisrah Villefort (1989, Buritizeiro, Brazil) lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil. Recent projects include other solo exhibitions at Liste, Basel; GUAVA, Brasilia; Goswell Road, Paris; and group ones at Toxi Space, Zurich; SALTS, Basel, OLHÃO, São Paulo; MASSIMO, Milan; 14th Curitiba Biennial; Curitiba. Upcoming projects include Kadist with Persona Curada, Paris; Center d'Art Waza, Lubumbashi; and SIMIAN, Copenhagen. Institutional collections and commissions include Kadist, France; National Museum of the Republic, Brazil; The One Minutes Foundation at the Sandberg Instituut, The Netherlands; and Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil.

BPA (est. 2020) is a project-space in Cologne founded and directed by curator Benedikt Neugebauer. 

Set is conceived with the support of La Becque | Artist Residency and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.