Farley Aguilar
Haunted Futures

November 14, 2024 - January 11, 2025
Opening Reception: November 14, 6-8pm

Press Release

Farley Aguilar

b. 1980, Managua, Nicaragua

Aguilar lives and works in Miami, FL. He has had recent solo exhibitions at Lyles & King, New York, NY; HOW Art Museum, Shanghai, CN; Edel Assanti, London, UK; SPURS Gallery, Beijing, CN; and Night Gallery, Los Angeles, US; among others. Recent group exhibitions include Toward the Celestial: ICA Miami’s Collection at 10 Years, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida, US; South Florida Cultural Consortium, Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Miami, US; Recent Acquisitions, Akron Art Museum, Akron, US; A Very Anxious Feeling: Voices of Unrest in the American Experience; 20 Years of the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, The Taubman Museum, Roanoke, US; This is America, Kunstraum Potsdam, Potsdam, DE; Fragmented Bodies, Albertz Benda, New York, US; On the Road II, curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah, Oolite Arts, Miami, US; Shifting Gaze: A Reconstruction of the Black & Hispanic Body in Contemporary Art, The Mennello Museum, Orlando, US; and We are the people. Who are you?, Edel Assanti, London, UK. His work is in the collections of the Bass Museum, Miami, US; Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, Miami, FL; Pérez Art Museum Miami, US; Brown University, Providence, US; Akron Art Museum, Akron, US; Orlando Museum of Art; Aurora Museum, Shanghai, CN; Yuz Museum, Shanghai, CN; Dangxia Art Space, Beijing, CN; Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Suzhou, CN; and Zhuzhong Art Museum, Beijing, CN; among others.

Haunted Futures, installation view at Lyles & King, New York

Farley Aguilar

The Others, 2024

Oil, oil stick, and pencil on linen

74 x 95 inches

188 x 241.3 cm

Farley Aguilar

The Others, 2024 (detail views)

Haunted Futures, installation view at Lyles & King, New York

Haunted Futures, installation view at Lyles & King, New York

Farley Aguilar

Balloon and Reflections, 2024

Oil, oil stick, and pencil on linen

50 x 50 inches

127 x 127 cm

Farley Aguilar

Balloon and Reflections, 2024 (detail views)

Farley Aguilar

Raving Flag and Youth, 2024

Oil, oil stick, and pencil on linen

70 x 53 inches

177.8 x 134.6 cm

Farley Aguilar

Raving Flag and Youth, 2024 (detail views)

Farley Aguilar

Specter of Child, 2024

Oil, oil stick, and pencil on linen

68 x 47 inches

172.7 x 119.4 cm

Farley Aguilar

Specter of Child, 2024 (detail views)

Haunted Futures, installation view at Lyles & King, New York

Haunted Futures, installation view at Lyles & King, New York

Farley Aguilar

Mirror and Makeup, 2024

Oil, oil stick, and pencil on linen

50 x 46 inches

127 x 116.8 cm

Farley Aguilar

Mirror and Makeup, 2024 (detail view)

Haunted Futures, installation view at Lyles & King, New York

Farley Aguilar

Gods and Vikings, 2024

Oil, oil stick, and pencil on linen

74 x 95 inches

188 x 241.3 cm

Farley Aguilar

Gods and Vikings, 2024 (detail views)

Farley Aguilar

Uniform Youth, 2024

Oil, oil stick, and pencil on linen

69 x 55 inches

175.3 x 139.7 cm

Farley Aguilar

Uniform Youth, 2024 (detail views)