Gazelli Art House is pleased to present a solo exhibition with Recycle Group, the
The exhibition Keep Me Updated Your Holiness, introduces Recycle Group’s, two latest bodies of work including Conversion, recently exhibited at the 56th Venice Biennale within the Church of Sant’Antonin and Future Archaeology an on going body of work where the artists turn to history to address topical issues and aspects of contemporary lifestyle.
Inspired by the stream of virtual information that flows endlessly, Conversion compares the globalisation of information networks and our need for new technologies to the historic conversion of Christianity. Proposing the Internet as a new vehicle for faith, a belief system where advice on everyday problems,
“This body of work side-steps religious connotations, as the heritage of knowledge and progression is fixed in the hands of technology and relied on it as the ultimate and efficient way of passing information from generation to generation”, Andrey Blokhin, Recycle Group.
Through the use of polyurethane, plastic mesh, rubber, polyethylene, wood recycled materials combined with new technologies the duo create sculptures that portray our culture’s adoration for new technologies. The artists seek to give their viewers an idea of the future traces to be left by the paradoxes of our own age, of what will be marked in history. Turning to history to illustrate relevant issues and shocking aspects of contemporary lifestyle, their sculptures take on the appearance of ancient monuments that display the ravages of time.
As an introduction to the series within a much larger body of work titled Future Archaeology, the duo
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