Pia Camil Debuts 'Bestia' at Elizabeth Xi Bauer in London
Bestia, a solo exhibition featuring new works by Pia Camil, is being showcased by Elizabeth Xi Bauer. This marks Camil's inaugural solo exhibition in London and her first collaboration with the gallery. The exhibition draws from Camil's personal experiences, exploring the fluid boundaries between observation and being observed. Continuing her exploration of dismantling rigid narratives and hierarchies, Bestia encourages viewers to engage with their own desires as forms of resistance. Throughout the exhibition, Camil challenges binary perspectives that divide instinct from intellect and public from private. Bestia celebrates complexity, highlighting the coexistence of various truths about the female experience, ultimately subverting traditional views of womanhood and reclaiming desire.
Key facts
- Bestia is a solo exhibition of new works by Pia Camil
- The exhibition is presented by Elizabeth Xi Bauer
- It is Camil's debut solo exhibition in London
- It is her first presentation with the gallery
- The show draws from personal experience
- It explores the unstable boundaries between looking and being looked at
- Camil rejects binary thinking separating instinct from intellect and the public from the private
- The exhibition emphasises the coexistence of multiple truths regarding the female experience
Entities
Artists
Institutions
- Elizabeth Xi Bauer
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom