September 12, 2024 - January 17, 2025
Visit the lobby at Idea Exchange Queen's Square to experience an installation featuring a vibrant collection of items draping the doorway. The installation encourages a moment of pause to wonder and search as the work inspires critiques of consumerism. Torres’ installation uses familiar domestic, institutional, and recreational items to elevate our appreciation of the everyday while also inviting reflection on the challenges of consumer culture—our tendency to accumulate and the growing complexities of storing, recycling, and disposing of surplus goods.
This installation reuses the items from Material Culture, an exhibition produced by the University of Waterloo Art Gallery. They generously allowed us to give the items another life before donating them to consumer distribution.
Explore: José Luis Torres: A Site-Specific Installation
Accessibility
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COST: Free
AGE GROUP: | Cambridge Art Galleries | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Exhibitions + Openings |
TAGS: | Culture Days | Art |
Mon, Oct 28 | 9:30AM to 8:30PM |
Tue, Oct 29 | 9:30AM to 8:30PM |
Wed, Oct 30 | 9:30AM to 8:30PM |
Thu, Oct 31 | 9:30AM to 8:30PM |
Fri, Nov 01 | 9:30AM to 5:30PM |
Sat, Nov 02 | 9:30AM to 5:30PM |
Sun, Nov 03 | 1:00PM to 5:00PM |
The Queen's Square location is a public library and art gallery. This location features a grand piano for music performances, multiple study and reading areas, and a large children’s department.
Be inspired at Idea Exchange in Cambridge! Connect with the public libraries and public art galleries of Cambridge. Idea Exchange supports and inspires our community with an environment of discovery for people of all ages.