Up-cycled art

sheds light on our

neglected past
The latest incarnation of work by Perth artist, Andrew
Hayim De Vries, has designs on Melbournes detritus.
Hayim De Vries, known for his 100 Hubble and Hubble in
a Bubble works, has recently moved to the Victorian
capital, where he is shedding light on our collective
neglect with his up-cycled lamp art.
Lighting Conditions Do Apply is a series of designer
lights that juxtapose and combine an eclectic range
of found objects: from Sunbeam Mixmasters and bedpans to speed bumps and mannequin arms.
The series is the latest instalment of his Home Wheres
body of work. It also continues a central narrative of
his art: the resurrection of lost and discarded objects deemed valueless by society.
I see my practice as art objects in the light,
which are steeped in a strong 19th century sensibility that uses cross-cycling to merge industrial and kitsch with urban constructions, says
Hayim De Vries.
These objects exist as a sculpture during the
day where they have their own sense of value
and existence, and at night they take on a secondary life force as a light, he says.

Design by Keep It Frank - keepitfrank.com

I see my practice as art objects

in the light, which are steeped in a
strong 19th century sensibility.
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These objects exist as

a sculpture during the
day, and at night they
take on a secondary
life force as a light.

Photo by Keep It Frank - keepitfrank.com

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The genesis of this lighting series was 100 Hubble,

a Fremantle weatherboard house that Hayim
De Vries transformed into a moveable feast
of art.
Over 20 years, the artist created a constantly changing palette of pavilions
made from found objects: a telephone
box as a shower; a railway carriage as
a suite of rooms; a boat prow keeping
watch over it all.
On the propertys front wall, shelf after
shelf of found objects also made his
house a destination for tourists, media
and art critics alike.
His subsequent exhibitions Hubble in a
Bubble; Table Where: Form Function; and
Bubble into the Continuum were drawn
from the Hubble Street residence and a second house, Garage Mahal Home.
Andrew has persistently recycled materials in
his artworks he built two unique houses as
art works, which act as a most grand gesture to
this practice juxtaposing and combining found
objects to make whimsical and quirky reconstructed
artworks, says Dr Julian Goddard, Head of the School
of Design and Art, Curtin University.
His recent lighting works share his idiosyncratic aesthetic born out of years of making art with a truly
strong ecological and environmental knowledge base,
which are also delightfully functional.

For further information or enquiries regarding

purchase or consignment, please contact Andrew:
P: (+61) 0413 530 559
E: andrew@hayimdevries.com
www.hayimdevries.com
www.lightingconditionsdoapply.com