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1000 Years From Now
Daniel Arsham “3018” exhibition

With environmental and climate change issues being a huge concern in recent years, it is not surprising that many artists and creators imagine the future life on earth as some sort of a dystopia.

In his current solo exhibition “3018”, New York-based artist Daniel Arsham has shown us his dystopian vision of the future which today’s culture is eroded and objects of modern life have fallen into aestheticised obsolescence.

The key pieces of the exhibition are two car sculptures that are highly recognisable and full of pop cultural reference: the 1981 Delorean as in Back to the Future, and the 1961 Ferrari 250GT California that appeared in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. The sculptures were made using volcanic ash, pyrite crystal, selenite and quartz, and Arsham’s concept is that the film memorabilia have been covered with ashy veil and the body of the cars decayed, revealing the crystal clusters sprouted over the engine. Other exhibits include calcified childhood cartoon characters, fabric wrapped sculptures, a trompe l’oeil wallpaper collaborated with Calico Wallpaper and more. The exhibition is running at Perrotin New York from now until 21 October.