“Danica Sunbeam, a fall solo show of functional sculpture and other objects made mostly from recycled t-shirt, takes its name from one of the freighters in Florida that regularly carts away tons of used t-shirts destined for developing countries throughout the world.
As he watched this endless stream of consumer waste leave from the ports of Miami, Emmett Moore 10FD began playing with the material himself to create a range of 3D objects. The vibrant and highly textured chairs, tables and other furnishings that emerged make marvelous reuse of an unwanted commodity.
The work included in his second solo show at Miami’s Nina Johnson gallery (which represents him) simultaneously references 20th-century supply chains.
Danica Sunbeam gave Moore an opportunity to “turn his eye for irony and material refinement towards third-world economies and disposable consumerism,” as the exhibition statement puts it, “allowing viewers to reconsider the everyday materials and forms of the surrounding world.”