Keteleer Gallery is pleased to present DUM ANIMA EST SPES EST, a solo exhibition by ROA (Ghent, BE). ROA is a muralist known for his often monumental depictions of animals. He travels the world painting local, often overlooked fauna on walls in public spaces. This fifth solo exhibition at the gallery presents an entirely new body of work, created on used and reconfigured school blackboards.

Staying true to his habit of working with discarded, aged materials as a support for his meticulously painted animals, ROA this time has chosen to focus on the classic green schoolboard — a seemingly mundane object that is nevertheless charged with symbolism.

Image: ROA, São Paulo, 2014.
Photography by the artist.

Artists: ROA