Amarist
Welcome?
February 7 – March 1, 2020
Spanish duo Amarist presents Welcome?, a comprehensive exhibition of their most recent body of work and a vivid critique of today’s international social, cultural, and economic issues. Created within a framework of reaction, the duo’s artworks transform a series of everyday objects and symbols into one-of-a-kind sculptures that unveil the consequences of our actions and interests as a society—stimulating our consciousness and transfiguring our inherited notions and rote ideals. Amarist’s intent in creating these visually powerful works is to goad us into querying our beliefs and seeing other sides to some of the most pressing issues of our time.
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Amarist is a creative studio based in Barcelona, Spain, founded by artists and designers Arán Lozano and Clara Campo. Childhood friends in a small village in the Pyrenees, Lozano and Campo grew up surrounded by nature and a craftsmanship ethos. Soon they began sharing creative concepts and ideas, and eventually formed an artistic partnership. Amarist Studio enjoys blurring the boundaries between contemporary art, design, and craft, with singular works that are both richly evocative and functional. In 2018, they were featured in Forbes’ “30 Under 30” Arts & Culture Europe edition. They were finalists for the 2018 Global Art Awards and the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, and were honored with a Silver award and an Iron award at the A’Design Competition. In 2018, they were selected to exhibit at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, and in 2019 they exhibited at the Priveekollektie Gallery in Heusden, Netherlands. Welcome? is Amarist’s first solo exhibition in the United States.
