Cameron Platter
Wastepaper Bin,
2017
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Enamel on Carved Jacaranda Wood, Monster Energy Can
30,5 x 30 x 30 cm
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Edition Ref. Code: BP–03
Hand-carved from Jacaranda wood, Cameron Platter’s ‘Wastepaper Bin’ work exemplifies his dedication to the handmade aesthetic. While Platter’s work explores a range of topics dealing with globalisation, these sculptures were conceptualised from themes of excess, consumption, and detritus. Elevated from object to artwork, the ‘Wastepaper Bin’ and accompanying Monster energy drink, succinctly summarise Platter’s commentary on the current throwaway consumer culture. Although his work does protest the conspicuous production of waste, Platter’s work simultaneously celebrates it, referencing the vivid green and vertical striations of the Monster logo in the design.
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Cameron Platter was born in 1978 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He graduated with a BFA in painting from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town in 2001. Recent solo exhibitions include
Teen Non_Fiction (2018) at 1301PE, Los Angeles; You Look Like Your Face (2018) at Éric Hussenot, Paris; 13 Works at Ever Gold (2018), San Francisco; ZOL (2017) at Blank Projects, Cape Town; and U-SAVED-ME (2016) at Depart Foundation, Los Angeles.
Group exhibitions include Brave New World…20 Years of Democracy (2015) at the Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town; Public Intimacy, Art and Other Ordinary Acts in South Africa (2014) at SFMOMA, San Francisco; Uncertain Terms (2014) at WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town
Imaginary Fact, Contemporary South African Art and the Archive (2013) at the 55th Venice Biennale; and Impressions from South Africa - 1965 to Now (2011) at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Platter’s work appears in the permanent collection of MoMA, New York; The FRAC des Pays de la Loire, France; and the Iziko South African National Gallery. His work has been highlighted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Vice Magazine, NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art, Artforum, and Art South Africa. He currently lives and works in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Edition Ref. Code: BP–03
Cameron Platter was born in 1978 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He graduated with a BFA in painting from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town in 2001. Recent solo exhibitions include
Teen Non_Fiction (2018) at 1301PE, Los Angeles; You Look Like Your Face (2018) at Éric Hussenot, Paris; 13 Works at Ever Gold (2018), San Francisco; ZOL (2017) at Blank Projects, Cape Town; and U-SAVED-ME (2016) at Depart Foundation, Los Angeles.
Group exhibitions include Brave New World…20 Years of Democracy (2015) at the Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town; Public Intimacy, Art and Other Ordinary Acts in South Africa (2014) at SFMOMA, San Francisco; Uncertain Terms (2014) at WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town
Imaginary Fact, Contemporary South African Art and the Archive (2013) at the 55th Venice Biennale; and Impressions from South Africa - 1965 to Now (2011) at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Platter’s work appears in the permanent collection of MoMA, New York; The FRAC des Pays de la Loire, France; and the Iziko South African National Gallery. His work has been highlighted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Vice Magazine, NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art, Artforum, and Art South Africa. He currently lives and works in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
