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Pippy Houldsworth Gallery presents Daniel Arsham’s first solo exhibition in London, #recollections.

15 October - 16 November 2013

Imagining himself as an archaeologist of the future looking back into the past, Arsham has brought together a series of cast objects within the gallery, presenting them as if fossilised relics from a bygone era or an archaeological dig. Displayed on custom-made shelves by Arsham’s architectural firm Snarkitecture, the collection encompasses an array of cameras, microphones and projectors, fabricated using reformed materials such as volcanic ash, crystal and hydrostone. To complete the installation, a series of coins, each painted in intricate detail on a stark black background, are hung as if classified in a taxonomical display.

A highlight of the private view will be a new interdisciplinary performance Study for Occupant by Daniel Arsham and Jonah Bokaer (choreographer, and former Merce Cunningham dancer) in response to the gallery space and the works within the exhibition.

Having collaborated with Merce Cunningham for the last four years of Cunningham’s life, Arsham followed in the footsteps of Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol. This performance precedes Arsham’s new collaboration with Bokaer at the Adrienne Arsht Center for Performing Arts during Art Basel Miami Beach in December 2013.