Artist: Louis Morlæ
Exhibition title: All Watched Over by Emissaries of Loving Grace
Venue: Duarte Sequeira Warehouse, Braga, Portugal
Date: January 21 – April 22, 2023
Photography: Theo Christellis / all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Duarte Sequeira Warehouse, Braga
Duarte Sequeira is pleased to announce All Watched Over by Emissaries of Loving Grace, the first solo exhibition of London based artist Louis Morlæ in Portugal.
The exhibition explores the conditions of spiritual awakening through the lens of digital technology. Reimagining the gallery as a waystation; a temple for ritual engagement enacted through sculptural gestures – each object in the space becomes a shrine for contemplation and self reflection. Through this idea of digital transcendence the new body of work, encompassing sculpture, installation and video, functions as a simulation in which objects balance, inhabit, and interact with both the physical and digital worlds.
*including a soundtrack created by Charlie Dobney
Louis Morlæ (b. 1992, Melbourne) lives and workes in London, UK. Morlet holds BA in Design at Manchester School of Art (2011–2014) and is currently studying sculpture and installation at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Selected solo and group exhibitions include Machinochrome Dreams at Rose Easton, London (2022); Premiums Interim Projects, Royal Academy, London (2021); Behold a Figure, Serpentine, Soft Opening, London (2018); Bubblegum Tung, Asylum Studios, Suffolk (2018); Bring a Cup, Queens Crescent Space, London (2018); The Hot Wax, Deptford Space, London (2018); The Belly and the Members, Cob Gallery, London (2017).
Louis Morlæ, All Watched Over by Emissaries of Loving Grace, 2023, exhibition view, Galeria Duarte Sequeira, Braga
Louis Morlæ, All Watched Over by Emissaries of Loving Grace, 2023, exhibition view, Galeria Duarte Sequeira, Braga
Louis Morlæ, All Watched Over by Emissaries of Loving Grace, 2023, exhibition view, Galeria Duarte Sequeira, Braga
Louis Morlæ, All Watched Over by Emissaries of Loving Grace, 2023, exhibition view, Galeria Duarte Sequeira, Braga
Louis Morlæ, All Watched Over by Emissaries of Loving Grace, 2023, exhibition view, Galeria Duarte Sequeira, Braga
Louis Morlæ, All Watched Over by Emissaries of Loving Grace, 2023, exhibition view, Galeria Duarte Sequeira, Braga
Louis Morlæ, All Watched Over by Emissaries of Loving Grace, 2023, exhibition view, Galeria Duarte Sequeira, Braga
Louis Morlæ, All Watched Over by Emissaries of Loving Grace, 2023, exhibition view, Galeria Duarte Sequeira, Braga
Louis Morlæ, All Watched Over by Emissaries of Loving Grace, 2023, exhibition view, Galeria Duarte Sequeira, Braga
Louis Morlæ, All Watched Over by Emissaries of Loving Grace, 2023, exhibition view, Galeria Duarte Sequeira, Braga
Louis Morlæ, Ekstasia and 6 Last Things: Part One, 2023, 4K Video, 16.28 mins
Louis Morlæ, Ekstasia and 6 Last Things: Part One, 2023, 4K Video, 16.28 mins
Louis Morlæ, Ekstasia and 6 Last Things: Part One, 2023, 4K Video, 16.28 mins
Louis Morlæ, Ekstasia and 6 Last Things: Part One, 2023, 4K Video, 16.28 mins
Louis Morlæ, Ekstasia and 6 Last Things: Part One, 2023, 4K Video, 16.28 mins
Louis Morlæ, Scivias, 2023, PLA, Nylon, Resin, Steel bracket, 160 x 96 x 65 cm
Louis Morlæ, Scivias, 2023, PLA, Nylon, Resin, Steel bracket, 160 x 96 x 65 cm
Louis Morlæ, Scivias, 2023, PLA, Nylon, Resin, Steel bracket, 160 x 96 x 65 cm
Louis Morlæ, Scivias, 2023, PLA, Nylon, Resin, Steel bracket, 160 x 96 x 65 cm
Louis Morlæ, Kline, 2023, PLA, Nylon, Resin, 154 x 180 x 44 cm
Louis Morlæ, Kline, 2023, PLA, Nylon, Resin, 154 x 180 x 44 cm
Louis Morlæ, Kline, 2023, PLA, Nylon, Resin, 154 x 180 x 44 cm
Louis Morlæ, Rexx, 2023, PLA, steel, resin, 180 x 57 x 140 cm
Louis Morlæ, Rexx, 2023, PLA, steel, resin, 180 x 57 x 140 cm
Louis Morlæ, Rexx, 2023, PLA, steel, resin, 180 x 57 x 140 cm
Louis Morlæ, Llunexodrome, 2023, PLA, Nylon, Resin, 5″ HD Screen, Media Player, 180 x 57 x 32 cm
Louis Morlæ, Llunexodrome, 2023, PLA, Nylon, Resin, 5″ HD Screen, Media Player, 180 x 57 x 32 cm
Louis Morlæ, Llunexodrome, 2023, PLA, Nylon, Resin, 5″ HD Screen, Media Player, 180 x 57 x 32 cm
Louis Morlæ, Drumblade, 2023, TPU Inflatable, PLA, Nylon, Resin
Louis Morlæ, Drumblade, 2023, TPU Inflatable, PLA, Nylon, Resin
Louis Morlæ, Drumblade, 2023, TPU Inflatable, PLA, Nylon, Resin
Louis Morlæ, Rexx Rake, 2023, PLA, nylon, 160 x 30 cm
Louis Morlæ, Rexx Rake, 2023, PLA, nylon, 160 x 30 cm
Louis Morlæ, Rexx Rake, 2023, PLA, nylon, 160 x 30 cm