Upcycle

Upcycle is a new exhibition which reveals what happens when eight artists take ordinary packaging and elevate it.

Using plenty of wit and a dash of deception, the artists demonstrate how something utterly mundane can be completely transformed through upcycling. With implications for recycling, consumerism, sustainability and other existential matters, this playful show is hosted by Soho Housing Association’s Great Pulteney Street Gallery and curated by Paul Carey-Kent. It will include Morandi-style cartons and jars, crushed Coca Cola cans, and work that seems to be what it should have been wrapped in. And several works ask the question, are we seeing packaging repurposed, or something else pretending to be packaging?

Artists:

Gavin Turk | Leo Fitzmaurice | Marisa Culatto | Russell Herron | Sam Hodge Sarah Pettitt | Shane Bradford | Susan Collis