A CHAPEL AGAINST FASCISM: Denys Shantar at Supermarket Art Fair

Former Off the Grid resi­dent Denys Shantar goes to Supermarket Independent Art Fair in Stockholm, Sweden, together with Komplot !

Text of cura­tors Thibault Leplat & Camille Van Meenen:

“We invi­te Antwerp-based artist Denys Shantar to devel­op and exhi­bit the next sta­ge of his ongo­ing pro­ject, God Save the Queers. This work is the result of a year-long research peri­od at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp (BE) and an artist resi­d­en­cy at the con­tem­po­ra­ry art cen­tre Cas-co in Leuven (BE), whe­re the pro­ject had its first public show­ca­se in September 2024.

Drawing from Christian ico­no­grap­hy, mytho­lo­gy, art his­to­ry, fol­klo­re, and per­so­nal expe­rien­ces, Shantar wea­ves a com­plex nar­ra­ti­ve that reflects on the­mes of child­hood, reli­gi­on, migra­ti­on, and queer­ness. His research into the lives and repre­sen­ta­ti­ons of Christian saints and mar­tyrs ser­ves as a foun­da­ti­on for his explo­ra­ti­on of queer iden­ti­ty within both his­to­ri­cal and con­tem­po­ra­ry socio-poli­ti­cal con­texts.

At Supermarket 2025, Shantar will pre­sent A Chapel Against Fascism— an instal­la­ti­on blen­ding tex­ti­le fres­co and sculp­tu­re chal­len­ging domi­nant nar­ra­ti­ves and con­fron­ting his­to­ri­cal and con­tem­po­ra­ry strug­gles tied to queer­ness, reli­gi­on, and resis­tan­ce. SUPERMARKET — Stockholm Independent Art Fair is an inter­na­ti­o­nal art fair for artist-run ini­ti­a­ti­ves. Supermarket is dedi­ca­ted to exhi­bi­ting artist-run spa­ces, artists’ col­lec­ti­ves, noma­dic spa­ces and inde­pen­dent artists’ ini­ti­a­ti­ves of all sha­pes and from around the world. Supermarket takes pla­ce annu­al­ly in Stockholm, Sweden.”

Cas-co wis­hes Denys a gre­at pre­sen­ta­ti­on in Stockholm!