Allan Weber: My Order

De La Warr Pavilion presents the first UK institutional solo exhibition of Allan Weber. The exhibition is a co-commission with Nottingham Contemporary, where the first iteration will open in January 2025, and has been co-curated by Pablo León de la Barra, Curator at Large, Latin America at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation.

Weber is a multi-disciplinary artist born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1992), where he currently works and resides. Working across a range of mediums including assemblage, installation, sculpture and photography, his practice acts as a vehicle to deconstruct the realities of daily life within the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. ​

Weber’s work incorporates material and visual elements he views as synonymous with life in the favelas. This includes tarps used at funk parties, common architectural features such as water tanks, razor blades used to create popular hairstyles, as well as elements that relate to the work life of those active in phone app bicycle and motorcycle food delivery. Questioning the traditions and legacy of Brazilian Constructivism, Weber appropriates these elements into compositions that transform their social meaning.