Crate (s) on Pallet (s)
28.05.26 - 06.05.26
Pallet Show
by
*Daniel Pryde-Jarman : Artist-Curator
& Nat Pitt : Artist-Gallerist
CRATE(S) on PALLET(S) is an exhibition of furniture, reading and performance at Division of Labourwith
Nine artist-made copies of the Crate chair, which was originally made by Gerrit Rietveld, play host to reading groups, invigilators and weary gallery visitors.Rietveld designed the first pieces of crate furniture in 1934 from inexpensive planks of pine, which were joined by brass screws. The range was inspired by the packing crates used to transport furniture and included an armchair, low table and bookcase were intended for;
”acquaintances who had no money, but still wanted to make a modern piece of furniture”. V&A
Pallet Show is a curatorial project
consisting of a number of wooden pallets, which function as a platform or plinth for displaying sculptures or other curated works.
The SPAL pallets (SPAL standing for ‘SHOW PALLETS’) are themselves artworks, exploring the line between minimalist sculpture and functional objects. Sculptures that also have the capacity to perform a function, and an experiment in how art objects might be (re)purposed to take on the role of support structures or hosts for other works and ideas within an exhibition context. Pallet Show is informed by the mass transit of artworks in the art market and global economy, and
the logistics of their movement from, to, and between, sites of storage and display. Pallets are signifiers of trade that wear the markings of the workings of these interconnected systems.
Daniel Pryde-Jarman