SPINNING RUMOURS ÓPALO
21.03 -- 22.05.2026

Galería Fermay is pleased to present ‘Spinning Rumours   Ópalo’, a solo exhibition by Antwerp-based artist duo Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen.

‘Spinning Rumours   Ópalo’, takes as a starting point the opal stone, a quartz-like mineral characterised by its internal refractive light crystals.The opal acts throughout the exhibition as a sustained motif that allows the artists to delve into notions such as truth, facts and meaning-making process while also undertaking a formal investigation on perception, colour and light.

Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen began their artistic collaboration two decades ago, in 2005, when they had their first institutional exhibition at FRAC Auvergne, titled ‘Chris’. Their work is the result of a common effort and a shared vision that challenges perceptions of space, reflection and reality itself while also critically examines the illusions and complexities of contemporary visual culture.

Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen have extensively exhibited in Europe, US, South America and Asia.  Their work is part of institutional and private collections such as MoMA, New York, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago Contemporary Art Museum, Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, US), CAB Burgos, Fundación de Arte Cisneros Fontanals (Miami, EE.UU.) and F.R.A.C. Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand (FR).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist Talk and Book Presentation
20.03.2026 at 7.30pm

The artists will present Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen: Monograph as Project at Es Baluard Museu. The book was edited and authored by curator and art historian Barbara Vanderlinden, with book design by Irma Boom. Expanding the notion of the artist monograph, this richly illustrated study examines both the individual and collaborative practices of Arocha and Schraenen from the 1990s to today. It will be moderated by Antoni Ferrer