On the nexus of artwork, poetry and efficiency, Treasured Okoyomon explores the interaction between play, chaos and regeneration. They first gained widespread consideration following their presentation on the 2022 Venice Biennale, the place they remodeled the Arsenale right into a sprawling, lush ecosystem, braiding pure flows with Afro-futuristic visions. Now, Okoyomon is bringing their imaginative worlds to Austria with ONE EITHER LOVES ONESELF OR KNOWS ONESELF, a solo exhibition that includes new works, at Kunsthaus Bregenz.
By a collection of expansive installations, the present transforms the museum right into a dreamscape. From psychoanalytic consulting rooms reimagined with cute and mischievous devils, to a suspended sea of stuffed animals, the artist confronts intimate wishes and fears with an unflinching sincerity, inviting viewers to discover energy in softness.
Works on view embrace like within the stomach of the solar countless (2025), a colossal teddy bear forgotten on the fringe of an opulent pink carpet, paired with trance-like sounds by Takiaya Reed. With teardrop-shaped eyes and hearts on its paws, the bear’s anxious gaze prompts a way of“daydream and self-forgetfulness,” fostering a trance-like ambiance. On the highest flooring, a glass-enclosed backyard nurtures the lives of pupating caterpillars and fluttering butterflies, providing a second of earthy solace.
Simply exterior the backyard, Okoyomon debuts their newest movie, skysong (2025) the place they’re seen piloting a aircraft over the Hudson River, studying their poetry to the encircling sky. “The pictures convey a sense of boundlessness and freedom, characterised by a way of an ego that views each issues and life within the materials world as a supply of religious inspiration,” the museum wrote. “However the viewer is compelled to stay behind the mesh, with the butterflies.”
ONE EITHER LOVES ONESELF OR KNOWS ONESELF is now on view till Could 25, 2025.
Kunsthaus Bregenz
Karl-Tizian-Platz,
6900 Bregenz,
Austria
