Daniel Arsham
“20 Years”
New York, 130 Orchard Street
Arsham will debut multiple series of work that draw inspiration from the evolution of his artistic practice over the past two decades. Renowned for visually transforming cultural objects into subtly eroding artifacts, Arsham showcases the power of nostalgia by conflating past, present, and future. In the forthcoming exhibitions, Arsham will return to his oeuvre to examine and reflect on his longstanding appreciation for the complexities of materiality and space.
20 Years / 20 Ans will juxtapoze works on paper and paintings alongside life-size architectural inventions, sculptures carved from geological materials, to handheld objects and beyond. Key highlights will include a new collaboration with Star Wars, featuring the film’s iconic characters in Arsham’s signature “eroded” fictional archeological techniques; paintings in a new impasto paint specially developed by Arsham to invoke the texture of Renaissance masterpieces; a salon-style hanging of never-before-seen sketches on hotel stationery; wall surface manipulations bearing motifs of Falling Clocks and Veiled Poems and updated interpretations of Arsham’s classical antiquity sculptures. The exhibition will continue into the bookstores of Perrotin New York and Paris, with Arsham taking over these spaces to mark the launch of a new, coinciding book.
Daniel Arsham, R2D2™: Quartz Eroded Figure, 2023 Photos: Guillaume Ziccarelli. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin
Emmanuel Perrotin says: “From the beginning of the gallery, our mission has been to make artists’ projects possible, giving younger artists the opportunity to produce their work. I met Daniel when he was 22 years old, an emerging artist living in his studio, and I was immediately drawn to his incredible talent and distinct vision. Daniel’s practice breaks the boundaries of fine art and exists across industries. As his success has grown, he has been able to keep his practice open to a broad audience, as a leader in editions, collaborations, and a widespread internet presence, which is admirable. It has been a pleasure to grow with Daniel, our gallery expanding alongside his career.”
Daniel Arsham says: “In this 20th year of collaboration and representation by Emmanuel Perrotin I’ve been taking stock of the journey I’ve been on. I began as a painter and many of the first exhibitions that I made with Emmanuel lived in this medium. As my interests and material palette have expanded the gallery has supported my work across mediums, disciplines and continents. I’m excited to unveil this new body of work which furthers my study of time dislocation and the integration of all my myriad interests. I make things that I truly want to see exist in the world and I hope that brings introspection and joy to others.”
