Behind the Scenes – Jac Leirner

Jac Leirner has been working from her home in Sao Paulo on a new body of work. Fascinated by often overlooked objects and materials, she recently embraced pens from museums, airlines, and hotels, which had been left aside until the last couple of weeks, creating humorous and peculiar sculptures. Clay forms the base of several of these new pieces and is embedded with pen tops, springs, and cartridges.

Here, Jac reminds us that there are inherent, magical qualities even in the most seemingly banal of materials. Along with artist Adriano Costa, the #quarantineshow project was launched on Instagram, and every single day they each post a new work. Follow Jac Leirner (@jacleirner) and Adriano Costa (@adrianocostaluis) to visit their everyday #quarentineshow