Found plastics, compressor, foam. Dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and Corvi-Mora Gallery, London.
Infused with a unique mix of strangeness and discomfort, Roger Hiorns’ Untitled works conjure the anxieties and contradictions of contemporary life. Hiorns’ past art materials include disinfectant, fire, and crystals. In many instances the materials are going through chemical or physical changes in front of the viewer, as seen in this Untitled work where machine parts and an air compressor gently expel a soft foamy mass that collects on the floor. Dangling in mid-air, the used plastic parts seem to come alive like exotic plants or animals.