Lot 58 - Grace White - Planned Obsolence II

Collage
2025
A6 (10x15cm)
Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
Curated by Moriah Ogunbiyi

About

Grace White is a collage artist and printmaker from South London. Her work weaves together analogue processes of collage, photography and printmaking to explore themes of mythology, ecology and consumerism. Her collages transform elements of the everyday into otherworldly creatures inspired by fables.

Education

2020-2024
BA in Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, United Kingdom

2019-2020
Foundation Diploma in Fine Art, Camberwell College of Art, UAL, London, United Kingdom

Group Exhibitions

2025
A Pocket Full of Plenty, Papillon Projects, Hypha Studios, London, United Kingdom.

2024
Pagemasters Zine Fair, South London Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
Slade BA Degree show, UCL, London, United Kingdom.
Substrata, The Horse Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Bandhan, The Art Gallery, Ahmedabad Ni Gufa, India.

2023
Papillon, Dalston Den, London, United Kingdom.
Crawl Space, The Crypt Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
Grow, The Bloomsbury Festival, London, United Kingdom.
Interim, The Candid Arts Centre, London, United Kingdom.

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork

‘Planned Obsolescence’ are collages that ruminate on the business strategy of tech companies which design products that will degrade rapidly or go out of fashion. The serpentine forms of these collages allude to the ouroboros - a snake consuming its tail - which is a symbol of eternity and regeneration. The tangled, incomplete forms instead reflect the cycle of consumption and waste which 'planned obsolescence' creates. The serpent searching for its tail symbolises a desire for a more utopian approach to our devices, one of repair and ‘planned longevity’.