Daniel Arsham at Galerie Perrotin

Inspired by the DeLorean in the movie ‘Back to the Future,’ Daniel Arsham imagines the car as a relic from even further back, a remnant of the past now studded with sparkling patches of quartz crystal and pyrite.  Alongside a similarly eroded Ferrari and a pile of obsolete consumer electronics, Arsham points out that given time, our castoffs revert to objects of desire.  (On view at Perrotin through Oct 21st).

Daniel Arsham, Eroded DeLorean, stainless steel, glass, reinforced plastic, quartz crystal, pyrite, paint, h. 44 7/8 x l. 166 x 73 1/8 inches, 2018.