Kyaw Min Htet, Hostile Objects, Mixed media
Sculpture, 2021
Sculpture, 2021
This series came about when I imagined a
junxstaposition of Carol Christian Poell’s rubber
drip shoes and the glass shards on my fence.
Hence, it became a series with readymade
objects. Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain was one
of the reasons I became interested in ready-
mades. I became interested in high fashion after
mades. I became interested in high fashion after
a chance encounter with John Galliano’s Maison
Margiela Spring Summer 2020 collection. Later, I
Margiela Spring Summer 2020 collection. Later, I
also became interested in collaborations be-
tween high fashion designers and artists, and
tween high fashion designers and artists, and
corporations; products which are somewhere
between fine art and everyday objects. Rath-
er than a series, the objects I have created
er than a series, the objects I have created
are more of a collection; like the collabora-
tion between Virgil Abloh and IKEA—household
tion between Virgil Abloh and IKEA—household
products collection popular with the youth.
Rendering readymade products—which are
meant to be used—unusable is freeing them
from their own purpose of existence.
Rendering readymade products—which are
meant to be used—unusable is freeing them
from their own purpose of existence.