Alexis Zambrano: The Shape of Time
In George Kubler鈥檚 influential book The Shape of Time (1962), the noted art historian proposes that the objects around us, which we obsessively accumulate, 鈥渕ark the passage of time with far greater accuracy than we know.鈥滱ccording the Kubler, objects, be they works of art or functional tools, live many more lives than their makers often envision. Consequently, these lives build on one another to form the strata of borrowed ideas that define culture. Alexis Zambrano鈥檚 new works recognize the myriad lives of objects, emphasizing the shifting nature of their value and function over time, while questioning the ways in which western institutions commodify and colonize the sacred.
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In George Kubler鈥檚 influential book The Shape of Time (1962), the noted art historian proposes that the objects around us, which we obsessively accumulate, 鈥渕ark the passage of time with far greater accuracy than we know.鈥滱ccording the Kubler, objects, be they works of art or functional tools, live many more lives than their makers often envision. Consequently, these lives build on one another to form the strata of borrowed ideas that define culture. Alexis Zambrano鈥檚 new works recognize the myriad lives of objects, emphasizing the shifting nature of their value and function over time, while questioning the ways in which western institutions commodify and colonize the sacred.
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