2024
NOTES ON APOCALYPSE
NADA, Villa Warsaw, Poland
NOTES ON APOCALYPSE
A solo project by Dagnini at NADA Villa Warsaw
2024
NADA Villa Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
"Notes on Apocalypse" show marks the artist's first comprehensive solo presentation in Eastern Europe. The overarching theme of all elements presented in the installation is the apocalypse within the context of global crises and the ways of navigating through these events: whether in fear or denial, routine, and labour.
The installation comprises hand-embroidered vintage tapestries converted in digital-inspired memes, paintings, videos, and large-scale sculpture. The latter is crafted from artificial ivy leaves, with branches affixed to the walls cascading down to the floor. From a distance, they appear real, and it's only upon closer inspection that one can discern each leaf, meticulously attached by hand, as an eerie individual mini-face. The branches, resembling real plants, symbolize nature reclaiming its own. Large openings resembling arches are left between the branches on the white wall, within which objects and several screens with videos are hung. The videos consist of documentation of Dagnini's performances interspersed with found footage.
A solo project by Dagnini at NADA Villa Warsaw
2024
NADA Villa Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
"Notes on Apocalypse" show marks the artist's first comprehensive solo presentation in Eastern Europe. The overarching theme of all elements presented in the installation is the apocalypse within the context of global crises and the ways of navigating through these events: whether in fear or denial, routine, and labour.
The installation comprises hand-embroidered vintage tapestries converted in digital-inspired memes, paintings, videos, and large-scale sculpture. The latter is crafted from artificial ivy leaves, with branches affixed to the walls cascading down to the floor. From a distance, they appear real, and it's only upon closer inspection that one can discern each leaf, meticulously attached by hand, as an eerie individual mini-face. The branches, resembling real plants, symbolize nature reclaiming its own. Large openings resembling arches are left between the branches on the white wall, within which objects and several screens with videos are hung. The videos consist of documentation of Dagnini's performances interspersed with found footage.
NADA Villa Warsaw is a collaborative exhibition featuring 44 international galleries, taking place May 16th to 19th, 2024, at the historic Willa Gawrońskich on Aleje Ujazdowskie.
The neo-baroque building, constructed in 1924 and designed by Marcin Weinfeld, has been the site of several historic events over the course of the last century. The Villa now provides an opportunity for participating artists and galleries to engage its unique character through a diverse series of presentations.
Bringing together galleries from 27 cities and three continents, NADA Villa Warsaw is organized by Michał Kaczyński (Raster), Marta Kołakowska (LETO), and Joanna Witek-Lipka (Warsaw Gallery Weekend) in partnership with the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA). This collaborative model is an extension of the Villa Raster project—a series of art events initiated by Raster in Warsaw in 2006, with subsequent editions in Iceland, Japan, and Canada.
The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) is a dynamic non-profit organization that supports the development and promotion of contemporary art. NADA connects galleries, independent art spaces, and art professionals, creating an international platform for exchange, innovation, and collaboration. NADA Villa Warsaw is the organization's first project in Central and Eastern Europe.
The neo-baroque building, constructed in 1924 and designed by Marcin Weinfeld, has been the site of several historic events over the course of the last century. The Villa now provides an opportunity for participating artists and galleries to engage its unique character through a diverse series of presentations.
Bringing together galleries from 27 cities and three continents, NADA Villa Warsaw is organized by Michał Kaczyński (Raster), Marta Kołakowska (LETO), and Joanna Witek-Lipka (Warsaw Gallery Weekend) in partnership with the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA). This collaborative model is an extension of the Villa Raster project—a series of art events initiated by Raster in Warsaw in 2006, with subsequent editions in Iceland, Japan, and Canada.
The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) is a dynamic non-profit organization that supports the development and promotion of contemporary art. NADA connects galleries, independent art spaces, and art professionals, creating an international platform for exchange, innovation, and collaboration. NADA Villa Warsaw is the organization's first project in Central and Eastern Europe.