The chairs, blankets, flower - filled vases and
other quotidian objects in her work further signify spaces of domesticity and maternity.
Not exact matches
In the exhibition, artists Jeff Colson, Renee Lotenero, Kristen Morgin, Joel Otterson, Rebecca Ripple, Aili Schmeltz, and Shirley Tse take
quotidian and overlooked
objects outside of their usual settings and modify, disassemble, and / or reassemble them, catapulting the
objects into
other dimensions, ones that are, at times, strange, comical, and unnerving.
Her sculptures are sensual, brightly colored works combining textiles and
other quotidian materials to create beautiful, uncanny
objects.
The works thus comprising Alvi's oeuvre not only reconsiders the worth of disposed paper products, but it also points to the importance of neglected
quotidian objects — logs, tree trunks, and coins, among
other items, combine with the collages and subsequently meditate on themes of consumerism, economy, desire, and commercialism.
The artist makes portraits of undocumented Latin American immigrants, and of
other distinct communities, using the focused attention of observational painting to mark those who are socially unmarked in society, along with the apparently anonymous goods that constitute a transnational trade in
quotidian objects such as flowers, garments, handcrafts and letters.
Other artists in the show employ strategies of accumulation and «recuperation,» drawing on
objects present in their surroundings to create dense, poetically lyrical works that combine a love of abstraction with a commitment to the use of
quotidian materials.