Animales plásticos.

Artist Sayaka Ganz was born in Yokohama, Japan and grew up living in Japan, Hong Kong and Brazil, and now lives and works in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Ganz was deeply impacted as a child by Japanese Shinto beliefs that all objects and organisms have spirits, and was also taught that objects discarded before the end of their usefulness “weep at night inside the trash bin” (this is so wonderful I’m going to start teaching this to my son immediately). As her artistic side developed, she infused her artwork with these beliefs, using discarded and reclaimed household objects as a medium for her sculptures. Ganz says:

I only select objects that have been used and discarded. My goal is for each object to transcend its origin by being integrated into an animal/ organic forms that are alive and in motion. This process of reclamation and regeneration is liberating to me as an artist.

Building these sculptures helps me understand the situations that surround me. It reminds me that even if there is a conflict right now, there is also a solution in which all the pieces can coexist peacefully. Though there are wide gaps in some areas and small holes in others, when seen from the distance there is great beauty and harmony in our community. Through my sculptures I transmit a message of hope.

Cadenas de bici.

Lindo laburo.

Esculturas de cartón.

If you ask Melbourne-based artist Daniel Agdag what he does, he’ll tell you that he makes things out of cardboard. However this statement hardly captures the absurd complexity and detail of his boxboard and PVA glue sculptures that push the limits of the medium. Agdag is an award-winning creator of stop-motion films and this new series of work, Sets for a Film I’ll Never Make, feature a number of his structural experiments which he refers to simply as “sketching with cardboard”. Miraculously, each work is created without detailed plans or drawings and are almost wholly improvised as he works. You can see these latest sculptures at Off the Kerb Gallery starting October 26, 2012 in Melbourne’s inner north suburb of Collingwood.

Una rtista del taller.

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Objetos de No uso.

Una reflexión sobre el uso de los objetos.

The exhibition, called Erratum, will see Paradise Row transformed into a boutique selling objects produced by manufacturers around the world, under instruction from Jeremy Hutchison to insert errors into the designs.

“True luxury has no function,” says the artist. “It is not something to be used or understood. It is a feeling: beyond sense, beyond logic, beyond utility.”

Among the items for sale is a pair of aviator sunglasses that wouldn’t fit over a nose and a wooden comb with no teeth, as well as a cheese grater with no holes and a stiletto shoe with two heels.

The artist worked with factories in China, India, Turkey and Pakistan, and asked workers to insert an error into the items they produced.

Also for sale at the gallery will be a pipe that can’t be filled, a bent golf club and a skateboard with its wheels attached the wrong way.

Each product will be numbered and authenticated with a stamp of its provenance, detailing the names of the factory and workers who made it and its year of production.

This is the first solo show by Hutchison, who graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art last year.

Erratum will be open from 5–22 December at Paradise Row, 74a Newman Street London, W1T 3DB.

We previously featured a collection of useless objects that explored the boundary between art and design by removing their functionality.

Other art shows we’ve reported on recently include a gallery where it’s always raining but visitors never get wet and an exhibition of paintings and furniture by architect Zaha Hadid in Madrid.

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Photographs are by Jonathan Minster.

Here’s some information from Paradise Row:

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E R R A T U M® is a new collection of dysfunctional luxuries conceived by London-based artist Jeremy Hutchison. Each object has been made with an error that removes its original function.

“True luxury has no function. It is not something to be used or understood. It is a feeling: beyond sense, beyond logic, beyond utility. It is an ethic of perfect dysfunctionality .” says Hutchison.

Selecting factories across China, India, Turkey and Pakistan, Hutchison invited workers to insert an error in the items they typically produced. Each object is therefore the product of an individual worker’s design.

E R R A T U M® will launch on December 5th 2012 at a pop-up boutique at Paradise Row, on 74a Newman Street, London, W1.

Each limited edition product will be numbered, sealed and authenticated with the provenance (factory name, worker, year of production).

The collection will also be available to purchase via the E R R A T U M® e-commerce store at www.erratum.co.
E R R A T U M® is co-produced by Paradise Row.

Un poco de "Arte"

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