UPCYCLE - from packaging to art

Upcycle is an exhibition that explores the value assigned to materials in contemporary society. Eight artists show work of, from and with the layers of packaging usually discarded once they have disgorged their content.

In Sam Hodge’s and Marisa Culatto’s work, packaging becomes the medium, while Susan Collis and Russell Herron make throwaway materials their lead subject; Gavin Turk and Leo Fitzmaurice turn spent vessels into artefacts. Shane Bradford’s paintings bear titles inspired by overpromising sales slogans, whereas Sarah Pettitt’s abstract constructions are reminders of what is missing.

Presented together they become a playful response to mass production and consumerism, evidence of which abounds at the exhibition's location in Central London.