Charlotte Lagro takes everyday objects and relieves them of their intended purpose and function to accommodate new possibilities for exchange and desire. She strips them bare, plays with them and transforms them, and makes videos about them, often inviting others to join in the process. In one work, a refrigerator found in an old farmhouse becomes the subject of rumination and humorous debate. Lagro films artists and theorists in front of the appliance, as if before a great work of art, evaluating and expounding on its virtues. Like the other objects she uses, the refrigerator becomes a medium to share stories, sometimes painful or traumatic ones, that touch on the human condition. In another work, uprooted black-and-white traffic signal poles become the stockings of Alice in Wonderland or prison bars. With sleight of hand, Lagro can make heavy objects appear almost weightless.

She has had solo presentations at Bonnefanten, Biennale de l’Image Possible, LOOP Barcelona, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, CIAP Kunstverein; and her work has been part of group exhibitions at OCAT Institute Beijing, Bible NYC and appeared in media platforms such as Artforum Critic’s Pick, WETFilm and AVRO Kunstuur. She received her BA from the Maastricht Institute of Arts and was a participant in various residencies such as Jan van Eyck Academie, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and NARS Foundation. In 2015 she won the Hermine van Bers Fine Art Award.

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