Upcycle: curated by Paul Carey-Kent – February 2025
UPCYCLE: from packaging to art
curated by Paul Carey-Kent
19 Feb – 1 March 2025 (gallery hours Mon-Sat 12-6pm)
Gavin Turk
Leo Fitzmaurice
Marisa Culatto
Russell Herron
Sam Hodge
Sarah Pettitt
Shane Bradford
Susan Collis
Upcycle reveals what happens when eight artists take ordinary packaging and elevate it. Using plenty of wit and a dash of deception, the artists demonstrate how something utterly mundane can be completely transformed through upcycling. With implications for recycling, consumerism, sustainability and other existential matters, this playful show is hosted by Soho Housing Association’s Great Pulteney Street Gallery and curated by Paul Carey-Kent. It will include Morandi-style cartons and jars, crushed Coca Cola cans, and work that seems to be what it should have been wrapped in. And the exhibiton asks the question, are we seeing packing repurposed, or something else pretending to be packaging?
Image: Leo Fitzmaurice Feeling the Squeeze crushed cans, shelving (2024)
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