From cheap, ubiquitous, and utilitarian supplies, nearly limitless types and narratives will be created with a little bit of creativeness. That’s precisely what the present Cardboard: Infinite Potentialities, opening subsequent month at Wönzimer Gallery, goals to focus on.
The group exhibition is curated by Ann Weber, whose work Colossal readers could acknowledge, together with that of Narsiso Martinez and Shigeru Ban. The present additionally highlights an iconic chair design by Frank Gehry, who died this month on the age of 96, plus contributions from Jodi Hays, Edgar Ramirez, Leonie Weber, Samuelle Richardson, Jabila Okongwu, and extra.
In her personal work, Ann Weber has lengthy sought to subvert what we take into account a purely purposeful, disposable medium. Her follow entails meticulously slicing, wrapping, and weaving strips of salvaged cardboard into bulbous, typically towering sculptures. Others additionally embrace this strategy, like Martinez, who repurposes discarded produce bins as a substrate for work and drawings, and Leonie Weber, whose painted and crumbled field assemblages seem nearly like dyed and felted wool installations at first look.
Ban’s sustainable strategy to structure utilizing cardboard emphasizes how the medium will be remodeled from low-cost packaging materials to humanitarian design, the place tubes can be utilized as modular models to construct rapid-response shelters.
Cardboard: Infinite Potentialities runs from January 2 to 30 in Los Angeles. See extra on the gallery’s web site.
