Sure, we’ve all heard stories of what goes on in factories in the third world, and perhaps despite alleged injustices many of us still happily buy up our consumer goods from China, and others. Artist Jeremy Hutchison, inspired by said injustices, has managed to source from such factories what he deems to be the most luxurious products in the world, for his show Erratum. “True luxury has no function,” observes the artist, “it is not something to be used or understood. It is a feeling, beyond sense, beyond logic, beyond utility. It is an ethic of perfect dysfunctionality.”
Selecting factories across India, China, Turkey, Poland and Pakistan, the artist commissioned workers to insert an error into the items they produced, resulting in Erratum. The items range from a toothless comb, to a sealed pipe, to a double-ended tennis racket. A collection of such dysfunctional luxuries highlights pointless possession, and reminds us how and why we consume art in the age of mass production.
Taking a step further, Hutchison has invited you to purchase the pieces, on sale through an online shop. Be sure to check out the deliciously candid items in person through January 13 at London’s Paradise Row.
more info at www.erratum.co
On view thru January 13, 2013
Paradise Row Gallery
74a Newman Street
London W1T 3DB
T: +44 (0)20 7636 9355
