Marepe at Max Hetzler

http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/2017/03/marepe-at-max-hetzler/

Artist Marepe's show at the Max Hetzler gallery in Paris is called Suave ne nave which translates to "smooth on the ship" which in Brazilian means take it easy. Marepe's show involves collected readymades that he prefers to call necessities due to their social importance. Among some of his other work where he mixes goods made in the countryside of Brazil with Chinese made toys that are sold next to each other in the store to make note of the interference, or a bird cage to represent the issue of freedom and nature, the piece above is an x-ray painting that collages "necessities" to look at the range of products and items we use in our daily life and also how they relate to memory. Marepe uses the technology of current day to create stories that remind the viewer to think about what they are using in their every day life and how it is effecting them.