Contemporary Art: Dystopian Cars @ Gallery Perrotin New York

(Drivebycuriosity) - It is very fashionable to be pessimistic for the future. There is a cult around "dystopia". Now wonder that many artists integrate dystopian ideas into their work. The ambitious gallery Perrotin on Manhattan´s Orchard Street presents an exhibition of dystopian work by Daniel Arsham, called "3018" (through October 21, 2018 perrotin).

The press release says "3018 continues Arsham’s dystopian vision of the future, one in which culture as we know it today is eroded, and the objects of modern life have fallen into aestheticized obsolescence".

The gallery´s ground floor "is transformed into a provisional garage, as two storied cars occupy the space: a 1981 Delorean, reminiscent of Back to the Future’s (1985) essential prop, and a 1961 Ferrari 250GT California that visitors will recall from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)". According to the press release "the cars are instantly recognizable for their pop cultural import, though Arsham has rendered them in crystal, as if an ashy veil had fallen over this museum for film memorabilia. The cars are in a state of decay and portions of the shell have eroded away revealing a mineral core underneath. Volcanic ash, pyrite crystal, selenite, and quartz have sprouted where the mechanical components used to be".

Anyway, I liked the show and apparently these girls too.

To be continued.