Daniel Arsham
dal 19/11/2013 al 20/12/2013
Segnalato da
19/11/2013
Daniel Arsham
Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
#Futurearchive. Through interactions with the wall surface, his sculptures and installations reconstruct architectural structures into forms they are not supposed to be. The exhibition features large in situ works.
Galerie Perrotin is proud to present "#FUTUREARCHIVE" by
celebrated New York artist Daniel Arsham. This solo show in Hong
Kong will be Arsham’s eighth exhibition with the gallery, and his
first presentation in China.
Arsham’s work plays with the notion of architecture. Through interactions
with the wall surface, his sculptures and installations reconstruct
architectural structures into forms they are not supposed to be. They
wrinkle and ripple, and appear to be blown like a curtain, subverting our
perceptions of how man made constructions are made and used. The
exhibition will feature a large in situ work that is built into the surface
of the exhibition space, creating the illusion of gallery walls as a sheet
blowing over a human figure. In addition, the spectator will face two
other figures composed of small fragments of shattered glass. Broken
glass carries the connotation of destruction and ruins, it is here reborn
with purpose through Arsham’s reassembling process and as a result
a reformation of architectural elements is again achieved.
The exhibition also features a new series of cast objects that explore our
ambiguous relationship with items of technology, such as telephones,
keyboards and cameras. They have been recomposed in materials
related to geology such as volcanic ash, rusted steel, crystal, and
carbon dust, as if unearthed from a future archaeological site. These
newly obsolete tools are reimagined as relics on display in a museum
from a distant future. Thus, they are not tied to a specific moment in
history, presenting the viewer with an experience in which time is fluid
and malleable. These objects are simultaneously a satire of our current
civilization, a reflection of its proneness to deterioration. The show will
also include large gouaches on mylar, representing eroded coins, a
broken cockpit and excavations on the moon. All of these gestures fit
within Arsham’s larger project of historical alteration, treating history
as a non-linear time sequence.
Simultaneously, Daniel Arsham’s work will be exhibited in Singapore
during the Biennale at Espace Louis Vuitton Singapore from 24 October
2013 to March 2014, and at School of the Arts Singapore (SOTA) from
24 October to 11 November 2013.
Daniel Arsham was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio in 1980. After
graduating from Cooper Union in 2003, he received the Gelman Trust
fellowship the same year. Arsham’s work has been shown at PS1 in New
York, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami, the MCA Chicago,
Athens Biennial in Greece, The New Museum in New York, Mills College
Art Museum in Oakland, California and Carré d’Art de Nîmes, France
among others. Daniel Arsham’s artistic practice includes several high
profile collaborations with choreographer Merce Cunningham, Producer
Pharrell Williams, and Designer Hedi Slimane.
Image: Crystal Eroded Movie Camera, 2013
Crystal, shattered glass, hydrostone
19 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches / 49,5 x 75 x 24 cm
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50 Connaught Road Central, 17th Floor - Hong Kong
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