The Uninhabitants

Somewhere in between art and design, the exhibition in Milan by Gal Weinstein and Patrizia Giambi displays an urge to un-inhabit rather than to inhabit places.

Gal Weinstein, <i>Untitled</i>, installation, wood, mdf, variable dimensions, 2016. Courtesy Galleria Riccardo Crespi and the artist
The Riccardo Crespi gallery presents “The Uninhabitants”, an exhibition in between art and design, based on a group of works related to the domestic sphere and the world of inhabiting.

 

The artists’ works all suggest a connection with corresponding objects of everyday use. The doors by Patrizia Giambi in collaboration with Opifici Dal Re, and Gal Weinstein’s disintegrating kitchen, display an urge to un-inhabit rather than to inhabit: doors that do not protect, nor separate, a kitchen where you can’t cook, and an alcove that offers no privacy. Instead of conveying a reassuring sense of a welcoming home, the works reveal their inability to function, showing the fundamental divergence between the meanings behind the pieces and thier actual use.

Patrizia Giambi, Porta Office, in collaboration with Opifici Dal Re, felt, 220 x 100 cm, 2017. Courtesy Galleria Riccardo Crespi and the artist
Patrizia Giambi, Porta Office, in collaboration with Opifici Dal Re, felt, 220 x 100 cm, 2017. Courtesy Galleria Riccardo Crespi and the artist

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