Group exhibition in former postal sorting complex, curated by Sotiris Kyriacou celebrating of the continuing pertinence of the readymade and found materials in contemporary art. Bringing together established and emerging artists from Britain, Denmark and Sweden, the exhibition is part of a visual arts festival which will take place amidst the faded grandeur of the halls of an ex post office headquarters on the island of Amager. The title of the exhibition refers not only to the varied repertoire of everyday objects, materials, language and media used by these artists as starting points for their works, but also to the opening-up of empathy and association they bring to the fore through the dynamically unexpected and diverse approaches to their respective inventories. Works which declare their provenance in the realm and materiality of the known and familiar at the same time manage to suggest a rich multiplicity of possibilities for engagement, through a wilful disrespect for conventional syntax. Artists featured: Eric Bainbridge (UK), Anna Barham (UK), Phyllida Barlow (UK), Jacob Dahlgren (S), Jason Dungan (UK) Peter Fillingham (UK), Ellen Hyllemose (DK), Max Hymes (UK), Charlotte Thrane (DK), Roy Voss (UK), John Wallbank (UK), Torgny Wilcke (DK).

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