From crunched, single-use containers to thrifted packing containers and repurposed clocks, Stéphanie Kilgast (beforehand) devises distinctive habitats for a variety of creatures. Fungi takes root alongside the edges of a inexperienced bottle as a beetle crawls over the cap in “Weevil Wander,” for instance, and a violet owl alights on the highest of a pair of binoculars.
Kilgast’s solo exhibition, LUSCIOUS LEGACY at Arch Enemy Arts, continues the artist’s curiosity in highlighting the human affect on the setting and the more and more grim penalties of the local weather disaster. Fairly than specializing in the darker actuality, she adopts an optimistic view of nature’s resilience.
“My work touches very contrasting emotions: the joy of color and natural beauty but also the sadness and despair of where we are headed,” Kilgast says. She hopes to assist us in questioning mass consumerism and its ensuing trash, which continues to threaten delicate ecosystems worldwide, and provides, “The world is beautiful. It is worth fighting for.”
LUSCIOUS LEGACY runs by way of October 27 in Philadelphia. Discover extra on the artist’s web site and Instagram.
