22 November 2006 - 06 January 2007
35 Heddon Street, London W1
Andrea Zittel has made a body of work highlighting the connection between concept, function and technology (or craft). For Zittel, these three elements naturally exist in any man made object or entity. The way something looks, the way it functions and the way it is made are of equal importance. The works fall under the loose heading A-Z Advanced Technologies - a cross section of the creative output of A-Z West, Zittel’s home, workshop and testing ground in Joshua Tree, California. Pieces include the A-Z Fiber Form Uniforms, A-Z Single Strand Shapes, A-Z Raugh Furniture, and a series of studies for billboards based on her ongoing collection of ‘these things I know for sure’. Zittel’s work is about the process of handmaking at the same time as being conceptual. Theorizing and technical problem-solving assist one another, perhaps ultimately conflating.