Between Beauty & Horror
A Video Installation by Leila Weefur
15 February- 23 March 2019
The parts of beauty that can feel degrading or the tears that materialize from most wretched joy are some of the ingredients that make up the “between” and are considered to be the binding agents of Beauty & Horror. This short film explores the moments in life that can be difficult to distinguish discomfort and suffering from pleasure; the lived experiences that show up in the shadows of terror only to reveal itself as a gift in disguise.
Leila Weefur and Aggregate Space Gallery present Between Beauty & Horror, a video installation exploring the violent, grotesque, and erotic elements of the Black experience. The film, presented as a diptych, uses imagery that engages the senses with the Blackberry fruit as a metaphor for Black being.
Opening Reception
15 February, 6-10pm
First Friday Event
1 March, 5-8pm
Artists Talk at The LAB
8 March, 6 pm
Second Saturday Artist Talk
9 March, 11 am
Gallery Hours
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 1-5pm
and by appointment
Aggregate Space Gallery
801 West Grand Avenue
Entrance on West Street
Oakland, CA 94607
510-832-3807
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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.
