Daniel Arsham: What Remains

A solo show by the American artist Daniel Arsham, known for his works of ‘fictional archaeology’ expressed through sculpture, architecture, drawing, and film – what he calls “future relics of the present.”

Arsham will transform the gallery into a sonic installation with a new sculptural series of copper-wrapped bonsai tree sculptures that double as functional stereo speakers. These works pay homage to Japanese Zen Buddhist culture and Arsham’s own past presentations of sand Zen gardens.

There’s also a new suite of works relating to his recent Labyrinth series in cast sand; Arsham’s Stairs in a Labyrinth is a sculptural double portrait – from head-on it appears to be a portrait bust of a sitter, transforming in the profile view into a maze of architectural levels and stairwells. And there is more of his ‘Fictional Archaeology’, twentieth century objects that are cast in geologic crystals and pigmented hydrostone, patinated bronze, and fibreglass to become containers for collective cultural memory.

This exhibition marks the 24th collaboration between the artist and Perrotin, a partnership that has spanned more than two decades.

To 11 January.

Above: Daniel Arsham, Audio Bonsai 003 (2025)