Ser Serpas

Born in Los Angeles, USA, 1995

Lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland

Serpas’ work is divided into two material realities: the domestic and the urban. Acting as domestic signifiers, endless collections of textiles, garments, and fashion items are messily piled and tied together, whereby they appear as abstract forms. They look like an endless shuffle-sequence of possible styles or like the infinite possibilities of subjective expression. In stark contrast, found objects from the urban realm expose the city’s waste: windows, doors, insulation materials, wall fragments, and bathtubs. Highly generic objects collide with clothes permeated with the notion of the individual. Far from indulging in mannerist mimicry, Serpas’ objects appear anthropomorphic: a mattress, bluntly crammed into a stove, recalls a tongue coming out of a mouth.

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