SYNTHETIC IVORY | 2006

Exhibition view of Synthetic Ivory with a large rat sculpture made from plastic shopping bags leaning against a small stepladder.
Synthetic Ivory 2006 - exhibition view
Large rat sculpture made from colourful plastic shopping bags leaning against a small stepladder.
Vanity Flair 2006
Exhibition view of Synthetic Ivory with three colourful sculptures made from plastic shopping bags displayed on plinths made from recycled cardboard.
Synthetic Ivory 2006
Colourful dog sculpture made from plastic shopping bags urinating against a wall.
Cult Create Yourself | 2006
Dinosaur sculpture sewn from colourful plastic shopping bags standing on a large pile of discarded plastic bags.
Synthetic Ivory 2006 - exhibition view
Standing figure sewn from colourful plastic shopping bags, holding its long tail in its hands.
Synthetic Ivory 2006 - exhibition view
Seated dog sculpture sewn from discarded plastic shopping bags.
Special K -2006
Detail of a colourful kangaroo figure sewn from discarded plastic shopping bags.
Kangaroo Dream - 2006
Seated dog-like figure sewn from discarded plastic shopping bags, wearing a tie reading “Ich bin doch nicht blöd”.
Ich bin doch nicht blöd 2006 - object 68 x 32 x 30 cm - plastic and mixed media
Installation composed of a series of A4 ink drawings displayed together on the wall.
Synthetic Ivory 2008 - installation with drawings 190 x 120 cm
Exhibition view of Synthetic Ivory with a large rat sculpture made from plastic shopping bags leaning against a small stepladder.
Synthetic Ivory 2006 - exhibition view
Large rat sculpture made from colourful plastic shopping bags leaning against a small stepladder.
Vanity Flair 2006
Exhibition view of Synthetic Ivory with three colourful sculptures made from plastic shopping bags displayed on plinths made from recycled cardboard.
Synthetic Ivory 2006
Colourful dog sculpture made from plastic shopping bags urinating against a wall.
Cult Create Yourself | 2006
Dinosaur sculpture sewn from colourful plastic shopping bags standing on a large pile of discarded plastic bags.
Synthetic Ivory 2006 - exhibition view
Standing figure sewn from colourful plastic shopping bags, holding its long tail in its hands.
Synthetic Ivory 2006 - exhibition view
Seated dog sculpture sewn from discarded plastic shopping bags.
Special K -2006
Detail of a colourful kangaroo figure sewn from discarded plastic shopping bags.
Kangaroo Dream - 2006
Seated dog-like figure sewn from discarded plastic shopping bags, wearing a tie reading “Ich bin doch nicht blöd”.
Ich bin doch nicht blöd 2006 - object 68 x 32 x 30 cm - plastic and mixed media
Installation composed of a series of A4 ink drawings displayed together on the wall.
Synthetic Ivory 2008 - installation with drawings 190 x 120 cm

SYNTHETIC IVORY | 2006

Plastic shopping bags, plastic trash bags, plastic food bags, plastic packaging — a disposable jungle of commercial messages, symbols and icons.

I was intrigued by these synthetic artefacts of everyday life, accumulated over the years and carrying traces of what we buy, eat, desire and discard. Cheap and seemingly insignificant, they reflect the excesses of a consumer society and the systems we inhabit.

By cutting up and reassembling discarded plastic shopping bags, I transformed their colourful prints, logos and commercial messages into another reality.

The works took the form of sculptures, installations, collages and drawings.

Hilde Kentane

 

 

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