| The Temporary Nature of ThingsMarch 27, 2008- April 26, 2008Reception: March 27, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Felipe Barbosa expels the applications of familiar objects by altering their physical compositions and creating unexpected and formally engaging situations. In doing so, the artist shifts the focus from use and intent to formal qualities, allowing new ideas and associations inherent to the materiality of the object to be more recognized. Barbosa’s practice is centered around recycling materials and highlighting their design elements and iconographic presence in a cultural context. For this exhibition the artist has created a group of sculptures using children’s stuffed animals. These soft and cuddly creatures are covered with snaps (novelty firecrackers), depleting their affectionate quality and making them volatile and threatening. Barbosa’s ability to alter an object’s physical status and meaning culminates in this exhibition with a new sculpture comprised of readymade doghouses. Like the children’s toys and soccer balls that become defunct, the doghouses are uninhabitable and relegated to formal references such as the favellas of his native Brazil.
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