DANIEL ARSHAM: ERODED SWEATSHIRT

© Case Studyo x Arsham Studio

The Case Studyo x Arsham Studio ERODED SWEATSHIRT is a scaled down porcelain version of a heavyweight pullover hooded sweatshirt, reminiscent of Arsham’s iconic eroded jacket sculptures.

The eroded porcelain object references a distant future in which the sweatshirt has been excavated by archeologists. ERODED SWEATSHIRT reimagines the iconic piece of culture into an archaeological relic of the past, blending time and space. This merging of past and future asks the collector to consider the present moment as they turn the light on inside the porcelain form. Measuring 32 cm x 36 cm, this functional art object comes with a cool white LED light, hand numbered and signed COA cards, and Arsham Studio Standard art handling gloves.

Porcelain sculptural lamp 
Edition of 150 + 20 AP’s 
Sized 32 cm x 36 cm / 12,5 inch x 14 inch
Signed and numbered COA
Custom made screen printed wood box

© Case Studyo x Arsham Studio

Daniel Arsham’s uchronic aesthetics revolves around his concept of fictional archaeology. Working in sculpture, architecture, drawing and film, he creates and crystallizes ambiguous in-between spaces or situations, and further stages what he refers to as future relics of the present. They are eroded casts of modern artifacts and contemporary human figures, which he expertly makes out of some geological material such as sand, selenite or volcanic ash for them to appear as if they had just been unearthed after being buried for ages. Always iconic, most of the objects that he turns into stone refer to the late 20th century or millennial era, when technological obsolescence unprecedentedly accelerated along with the digital dematerialization of our world. While the present, the future and the past poetically collide in his haunted yet playful visions between romanticism and pop art, Daniel Arsham also experiments with the timelessness of certain symbols and gestures across cultures.