GIFTLESS BOWS
Giftless bow, silver
Stainless steel
55 x 60 cm
© Laurent La Gamba
2016
Giftless bow, red
Stainless steel
60 x 80 cm
© Laurent La Gamba
2016
Giftless bow, silver
Stainless steel
70 x 80 cm
© Laurent La Gamba
2016
Giftless bow
Stainless steel
76 x 80 cm
© Laurent La Gamba
2016
Giftless bow, black mat
Stainless steel
80 x 80 cm
© Laurent La Gamba
2016
Giftless bow, green
Stainless steel
55 x 60 cm
© Laurent La Gamba
2016
Giftless bow, silver
Stainless steel
100 x 70 cm
© Laurent La Gamba
2016
Context
About the project
The Giftless bows series is one facet of "Pandemonium of Versatile Objects".
Presenting gift bows without gifts. Each bow is displayed plainly and horizontally on a wall or on a plinth as an exhibit and is not attached to any particular function. In all cases the bows are stripped of their link to gift-giving.
"Pandemonium of Versatile Objects"
Laurent La Gamba’s most recent project is a series of sculptures/installations. Entitled Pandemonium of Versatile Objects this project explores mass production and consumerism and the role they play in formulating memories and identity, through the visual coding of celebratory gift bows.
The Pandemonium of Versatile Objects series began in 2016 and is divided into several chapters. It plays on the precariousness, the obsolescence of objects and their possible regeneration through art. Producing a highly aestheticized and tuned down vision made of glossy paper and shiny ribbons, which often evoke both childhood and pleasure but also mass production and consumer society at large; this project also, depending on the works, conveys a deep feeling of embarrassment and discomfort (e.g "Anti-gifts series" or "Mourning bows series").