Exhibition Launch Party: Allan Weber and Daniel Lind-Ramos
Join us to celebrate the launch of our two new exhibitions by Allan Weber and Daniel Lind-Ramos - both artists' first major exhibitions in a European gallery.
The power of memory and storytelling is central to Daniel Lind-Ramos' work. He creates evocative sculptural assemblages that reflect Puerto Rican historical and contemporary experiences.
Working across a range of mediums including assemblage, installation, sculpture and photography, Allan Weber’s practice acts as a vehicle to deconstruct the realities of daily life within the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.
Galleries Open 6.30-9pm
Blend at Contemporary Open until 11pm with a night of DJ sets from Truth & Lies and Radamés “Juni” Figueroa alongside delicious food and drinks.
This exhibition launch, like all our programme, is free admission for all but donations are both encouraged and needed. As a registered charity, every donation – no matter the size – makes a big difference. Suggested donation £5. Thank you.
Access
Find information about getting here and our building access and facilities by clicking here.
Due to licensing laws, under-18s are not allowed in the building from 10pm onwards, but families and young people are welcome between 6.30pm and 10pm. We ask that all children aged 12 and under are accompanied by an adult at all times.
If you have any questions around access or have specific access requirements we can accommodate, please get in touch with us by emailing info@nottinghamcontemporary.org or phoning 0115 948 9750.
Truth & Lies return to soundtrack the exhibition launch with a selection of authentic Brazilian and Latino sounds born in the favelas and the Puerto Rican fuelled streets of Nuyorica. Think baile funk, samba, batucada, samba-reggae, salsa, descarga, boogaloo and other heavyweight dancing music to kick up dust to!
Formed after meeting at the landmark WEYA festival of 2012, Truth & Lies have developed a reputation for delivering finely-tuned events and culturally diverse DJ sets drawn from their internationally eclectic record collections. Their particular blend of vintage rarities and contemporary global rhythms combined with a deep interest in the cultural and social contexts of the music’s development has gained them residencies at leading festivals such as Houghton and Africa Oyé as well as invitations to bring their international party energy to galleries, clubs and festivals across the UK and beyond. They also write a well-respected blog that highlights some of their pan-global musical and historical interests.
Radamés “Juni” Figueroa (b. 1982, Bayamón, Puerto Rico) obtained his BFA in painting from the Escuela de Artes Plásticas (2007) and participated in La Práctica program at Beta Local (2013), San Juan, Puerto Rico. He has been included in notable solo and group museum exhibitions internationally including the University Museum of Albany, NY (2020), Numu at SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe (2018), North American Peruvian Cultural Institute (IPCNA), Lima (2018), Perez Museum of Art (PAMM), Miami (2017), SculptureCenter, NY (2014), Highline Art, New York (2017), The Whitney Biennial, NY (2014), MALBA Buenos Aires (2014), Kunsthalle Zürich (2012) among many others. In 2011 Figueroa co-curated the Tropical Bienal Tropical in Loíza, Puerto Rico, together with curator Pablo León de la Barra. In 2021 Figueroa won Artissima’s illy Present Future Prize with Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City. Figueroa lives and works in San Juan.