Olga Balema

What Enters

Background evening

14/06/2013 –

– 13/07

13/07/2013

As a part of her exhibition What Enters, artist Olga Balema played an excerpt from the book À Rebours by J.K. Huysmans. Balema gave an introduction to the audio fragment and related it to her work that is currently on show at 1646.

Written in 1884, it’s described as a “novel without a plot” and an ultimate example of “decadent literature”. It focuses on the intellectual and aesthetic contemplation of Des Esseintes, the last member of a once powerful and noble family. Balema gave an introduction to the audio fragment and related it to her work that is currently on show at 1646.

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About Olga Balema: Balema (b. 1984, Ukraine) is an artist and sculptor. She is originally from Ukraine. The New Museum has featured her work. She is participating in the 2019 Whitney Biennial. She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of California, Los Angeles.