Reniel Del Rosario

Instagram: @adrenieline

Website: http://renieldelrosario.com

Statement: Reniel Del Rosario creates ceramics that playfully recreate or re-imagine familiar objects. From cakes to cigarettes to burial jars, these hand-built objects are made in multiples and are full of imprints and inconsistencies. These objects are then gathered and put into a huddled crowd or in socially interactive installations in public—mimicking consumer establishments, both highlighting the abundance of the objects as an antithesis for the love of the mass-produced. These objects each carry the histories of the goods they mimic whether it’s making forgeries of luxury objects, selling art as if it was a consumer object, or recreating lost artifacts in a contemporary setting.