Cameron Platter
U-SAVED-ME
Depart Foundation
9105 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90069
June 23 – September 24, 2016
Reception: June 23, 6-9 pm
Artist Talk: June 27, 6 pm
June 23, Depart Foundation opens U-SAVED-ME, the first United States solo exhibition for South African-Italian artist Cameron Platter. Curated by Camilla Querin, U-SAVED-ME is an immersive installation combining video, sound, sculpture, tapestry, and drawings. Platter, inspired by the surplus of information and access afforded by portable digital devices and the Internet, includes a representatively disparate sampling of materials: R. Kelly, Constantin Brâncuși, historical South African artists and Arts and Crafts movements, LSD, Deepak Chopra, interracial pornography, cheese curls, and psycho-collage, to name a few of the artist’s sources.
NERO will publish a book to accompany the exhibition.
U-SAVED-ME (still), 2016. Color video, sound, 15 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.
U-SAVED-ME (still), 2016. Color video, sound, 15 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.
Cream, 2014. Handspun karakul wool, metal complex dyes, and LSD. 250 x 200 centimeters. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.
Blow, 2014. Handspun karakul wool, metal complex dyes, and LSD. 250 x 200 centimeters. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.
Open, 2016. Carved wood, stain, paint, polish, and Monster energy drink. Dimensions and configuration variable. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.
Blowup Doll, 2016. Charcoal on paper, 95 x 65 centimeters. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.
Chicago, 2016. Charcoal on paper, 96.5 x 64 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.
