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Spike Island presents a major solo exhibition of new work by Phillip Lai (b.1969, Kuala Lumpur), bringing together a body of sculptural commissions that continue the artist’s exploration of the material world around us. This will be the most significant institutional presentation of Lai’s work to date.
Lai’s sculptures combine everyday objects with his own intensive re-makings of them to create a parallel imprint of the real world. Within this familiar visual landscape, he isolates moments of sculptural potential, often by intervening into the industrial processes used to make these objects – often things that provide comfort and facilitate our daily lives. These interventions effect a transformation in the object – a shift, a turn, a slippage – that erodes the logic of its material grammar and leaves you wondering what, exactly, you are looking at.
At Spike Island, Lai returns to familiar types of objects that denote containment: trays, dishes and other receptacles that typically carry…
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Spike Island presents a major solo exhibition of new work by Phillip Lai (b.1969, Kuala Lumpur), bringing together a body of sculptural commissions that continue the artist’s exploration of the material world around us. This will be the most significant institutional presentation of Lai’s work to date.
Lai’s sculptures combine everyday objects with his own intensive re-makings of them to create a parallel imprint of the real world. Within this familiar visual landscape, he isolates moments of sculptural potential, often by intervening into the industrial processes used to make these objects – often things that provide comfort and facilitate our daily lives. These interventions effect a transformation in the object – a shift, a turn, a slippage – that erodes the logic of its material grammar and leaves you wondering what, exactly, you are looking at.
At Spike Island, Lai returns to familiar types of objects that denote containment: trays, dishes and other receptacles that typically carry…
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