Exhibitions

SARAH HOBBS & HANNAH ISRAEL: SERVICE MERCHANDISE

VERSA Gallery / 1918 Union Ave. November 7, 2020 - July 25, 2021

Sarah Hobbs, Hannah Israel

Service Merchandise contemplates the way our culture memorializes the act of presenting objects as commodities and gifts to represent a moment of desire. The installation is saturated with images of objects on the walls, large obscure sculptures rotating in the middle of the space, and in the background, a presence of muzak brings together a phantasmagoria showcase. Israel and Hobbs amplify the absurdity of our culture's obsession with objects by setting a hyper-real display under black light creating an illusion and deceptive appearances.