Cameron Platter
U-SAVED-ME
Depart Foundation
9105 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90069
June 23 – September 24, 2016
Reception: June 23, 6-9 pm
Artist Talk: June 27, 6 pm
June 23, Depart Foundation opens U-SAVED-ME, the first United States solo exhibition for South African-Italian artist Cameron Platter. Curated by Camilla Querin, U-SAVED-ME is an immersive installation combining video, sound, sculpture, tapestry, and drawings. Platter, inspired by the surplus of information and access afforded by portable digital devices and the Internet, includes a representatively disparate sampling of materials: R. Kelly, Constantin Brâncuși, historical South African artists and Arts and Crafts movements, LSD, Deepak Chopra, interracial pornography, cheese curls, and psycho-collage, to name a few of the artist’s sources.
NERO will publish a book to accompany the exhibition.
![U-SAVED-ME (still), 2016. Color video, sound, 15 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.](https://www.sfaq.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/01_video_still-e1466706597968.jpg)
U-SAVED-ME (still), 2016. Color video, sound, 15 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.
![U-SAVED-ME (still), 2016. Color video, sound, 15 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.](https://www.sfaq.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/02_video_still-e1466706551126.jpg)
U-SAVED-ME (still), 2016. Color video, sound, 15 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.
![Cream, 2014. Handspun karakul wool, metal complex dyes, and LSD. 250 x 200 centimeters. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.](https://www.sfaq.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/01_TAPESTRY_CREAM-e1466706644963.jpg)
Cream, 2014. Handspun karakul wool, metal complex dyes, and LSD. 250 x 200 centimeters. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.
![Blow, 2014. Handspun karakul wool, metal complex dyes, and LSD. 250 x 200 centimeters. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.](https://www.sfaq.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/02_TAPESTRY_BLOW-e1466706621272.jpg)
Blow, 2014. Handspun karakul wool, metal complex dyes, and LSD. 250 x 200 centimeters. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.
![Open, 2016. Carved wood, stain, paint, polish, and Monster energy drink. Dimensions and configuration variable. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.](https://www.sfaq.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/02_SCULPTURE-e1466706633523.jpg)
Open, 2016. Carved wood, stain, paint, polish, and Monster energy drink. Dimensions and configuration variable. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.
![Blowup Doll, 2016. Charcoal on paper, 95 x 65 centimeters. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.](https://www.sfaq.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/09_CHARCOAL-e1466706670181.jpg)
Blowup Doll, 2016. Charcoal on paper, 95 x 65 centimeters. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.
![Chicago, 2016. Charcoal on paper, 96.5 x 64 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.](https://www.sfaq.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/08_CHARCOAL-e1466706660226.jpg)
Chicago, 2016. Charcoal on paper, 96.5 x 64 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Depart Foundation.