Franziska Lantz (born 1975) is presenting her new body of works titled ‘Expanding Arid Zones’ at Rodeo Gallery, London through February 11, 2017. The exhibited works are composed of matter largely retrieved from the banks of the river Thames. Franziska Lantz is inquisitive about the inherent power and energy of an object, discovering meaningful moments in the face of trash. The low tide exposes conglomerations of junk, waste and a great deal of history, discarded and left to rot in the Thames waterways over years, decades and centuries. Lantz resorts to this generous landscape to harvest raw materials for her work such as pieces of wood, metal, animal bones, clay pipes, rocks and the like. The contemplative activity of finding and collecting, washing and preparing these river-beaten pieces is a fundamental part of the work. In poetical interactions, guided by intuitional laws, she arranges the found specimen into new formations and compositions, bringing back to life these old, forgotten objects and remains, as reminders of the past, waste, life and death.The exhibition will be on view at Rodeo Gallery, 123 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EW, UKFor details, visit: http://rodeo-gallery.com/Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.
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