Transformers at Future Gallery

Artists: Carlos Sáez, Anna Solal, Tenant of Culture

Exhibition title: Transformers

Venue: Future Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Date: December 4, 2019 – January 11, 2020

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Future Gallery, Berlin

Future Gallery is proud to present Transformers a group exhibition featuring works by Tenant of Culture, Carlos Saez, and Anna Solal.

“In itself, recycling and upcycling is a very anti-capitalist activity and can be regarded as a form of activism.”

–Tenant of Culture

In a generation where waste is an imminent concern, ecological social responsibility has been ingrained into our collective consciousness. The half-life of an object is now a necessary point of consideration in our cultural climate. It is impossible to disentangle the inherent duality of a work of art being both a contemporary artifact but also a material amalgam. The works in Transformers are composites, patchworked from pre-existing objects, upcycled garments, industrial metal devices, or everyday materials that have been transformed into new assemblages, sculptures, and installations.

Transformers, 2019, exhibition view, Future Gallery, Berlin

Tenant of Culture, From the series „Works and Days“, 2018, Recycled backpacks, welded steel, rope, thread, Dimensions depending on the way the hanging system is installed Jacket, 85 x 50 x 35 cm

Transformers, 2019, exhibition view, Future Gallery, Berlin

Anna Solal, The Checkerboard Kite, 2018, Metal, plastic bike chain, iPhone, tule, metallic thread, bag parts, Dimensions variable

Transformers, 2019, exhibition view, Future Gallery, Berlin

Tenant of Culture, Works and Days, 2018, Recycled shoes, rope, red clay, 32 x 26 x 10 cm

Tenant of Culture, Preserved Style 2, 2018, Found gym sock, textile glue, silk organza, black cotton, stretcher bars, The found sock is cut open and heat pressed between a layer of silk, transparent organza and black cotton, 30 x 30 x 2 cm