A blanket, a beach umbrella and a table – all objects in Alek O's life that had ceased to perform their original functions. The artist has breathed new life into them with her poetic destruction and reconstruction that unsentimentally challenges the concepts of memory, affection and nostalgia.
Alek O. A material's lifecycle
This Italian artist brings her circular practice of deconstructing everyday objects to the Present Future section.
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- Loredana Mascheroni
- 08 November 2011
- Turin