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a spiral fuels and fills
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In an exhibition of new work, 500 Capp Street’s 2023-24 International Artist-in-Residence yétúndé ọlágbajú envisions David Ireland’s historic home as a place of dialogue and reflection on our current realities, legacies, and imagined futures.
Developed over the yearlong residency, a spiral fuels and fills features bronze sculpture, video, textile works, and a sound installation, co-developed with ten other artists.
The conceptual exploration of the spiral’s symbolism is a recurring theme. “It arrives as a form that supports our fires, provides us protection and momentum, and offers us a clear vantage point between where we’ve come from and where we are headed,” says the artist.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
A not-to-be-missed exhibition, a spiral fuels and fills is artist yétúndé ọlágbajú’s contemplative rumination on our shared realities, legacies, and imagined futures. Developed over a yearlong residency at 500 Capp Street, the show features bronze sculpture, video, textile works, and a meditative sound installation the artist co-developed with ten other collaborators. Ọlágbajú’s conceptual exploration of the spiral weaves it way through all work within the exhibition, a contemplative form that “supports our fires, provides us protection and momentum, and offers us a clear vantage point between where we’ve come from and where we are headed,” says the artist. A rare exhibition in which communal care sits at the center of artistic consciousness, a spiral fuels and fills will be spoken of for years to come as a dazzling show of great intentionality and artistic precision.
Jaelynn Dale Walls
Contributing Writer
500 Capp Street’s mission is to encourage artistic experimentation, support new modes of living, and build community— just as David Ireland did during his lifetime. 500 Capp Street is a physical location rooted in conceptual art that was David Ireland’s home. It is where our collection and archive informs artist-driven exhibitions, programs, educational workshops and curatorial practice.
500 Capp Street’s mission is to encourage artistic experimentation, support new modes of living, and build community— just as David Ireland did during his lifetime. 500 Capp Street is a physical location rooted in conceptual art that was David Ireland’s home. It is where our collection and archive informs artist-driven exhibitions, programs, educational workshops and curatorial practice.