TORCH Gallery Amsterdam presents Proudly Insincere, a solo-exhibition by Canadian artist Eldon Garnet. Eldon Garnet’s new textual works in waterjet-cut stainless steel will be presented in four different series: 11:11; Money Dreams; Critique of Judgement; and Like So Many of My Generation. Each of these series has its own starting point, ranging from the baby-boomer generation to the writings of Immanuel Kant. What they share is Garnet’s interest in literary presumptions and poetic incompleteness. He makes use of platitudes, his own writing, pre-existing texts and random blurbs which he appropriates for artistic use.

The resulting steel works show a critical but humorous take on the underlying existential worries of everyday live. By ironically poking fun at the insightful but complex writings of Kant while simultaneously elevating mundane daytime television clutter to conceptual poetics he creates a captivating comment on the human condition and on contemporary art itself.

Eldon Garnet’s works will be on show until Saturday the 24th of December.

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Eldon Garnet
TORCH Gallery