JAC LEIRNER

A series of 70 cm steel cables, attached to one another to form a gently dropping curve, organized by diminishing thickness of the individual wires, Jewel is characteristic of Jac Leirner’s repurposing of found or store- bought materials to produce works that playfully recall the legacy of Minimalist sculpture, albeit with a utilitarian twist: the materials she uses appear to embody their function even as there are largely freed of any purpose, thus the cables connect, but only to one another.

The works of Jac Leirner are often created from mundane or formally unremarkable materials such as bank notes, blankets, cigarette paper, or water levels. Her large-scale installations recall the formal stricture of minimalist seriality and the evocative use of found materials characteristic of Arte Povera, while at the same time offering commentary on social codes.