Amsterdam-based Studio Drift "de-produced" a bicycle and a pencil into the chunks of the materials used to make them for an exhibit at the inaugural Frieze Art Fair in Los Angeles.
The studio deconstructed the manmade items to highlight the amount of natural resources and effort involved in the extraction, labour and manufacturing of their production ? a matter Studio Drift believes is typically taken for granted.
Studio Drift's Materialism deconstructs manmade items into chunks of the materials used to make them
"Confronting the viewer on a very elementary level with the objects that surround them, this new work inspires fresh contemplation of the raw materials at our daily disposal," said the studio. "We make clear how much of the matter within these objects is extracted from the earth." Called Materialism, the project was initiated by Studio Drift last year and shown during its first major retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, as seen in these images.
The series, which was first shown at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam last year, includes a "de-produced" light
Pace Gallery chose an edited selection to exhibit during the inaugural Frieze Art Fair Los Angeles, which took place from 15 to 17 February 2019, marking Materialism's US debut.
The objects on show at Frieze included a bicycle presented as chunks of rubber, polyurethane, steel, aluminium and lacquer paint, among many others. A pencil was displayed as a ...