Proof of Concept

Ruben Grilo

  1. Press release


17 Goulston Street

Installation view: Proof of Concept, Union Pacific, 2016

1 Milka Avellanas Enteras 32 Bites (Aprox), 3 Lindt 30 Bites, 1 Smarties Sharing Block 16 Bites, 4 Kit Kat 16 Bites, 5 Nestle Aero 28 Bites, 3 Green & Black‘s Thin Milk Chocolate 8 Bites, 4 Valor 11 Bites and 2 12 Bites, 3 Cadbury Dairy Milk Marvellous Creations Cookie Nut Crunch 16 Bites, 2 Reese‘s Filled with Peanut Butter 15 Bites, 4 Niederegger Lubeck Marzipan Classic 10 Bit, 2 Galaxy Smooth Milk 42 Bites, 2016, tinted hard plastic, magnets, aluminum foil, laser-cut, bent and powder coated steel sheet, 179 x 73 cm

1 Kit Kat 16 Bites, 4 Lindt 30 Bites and 4 10 Bites, 4 Smarties Sharing Block 16 Bites, 2 Galaxy Smooth Milk 42 Bites (More or Less), 6 Niederegger Lubeck Marzipan Classic 10 Bites, 4 Nestle 50 Bites, 2 Cadbury Bournville Classic Dark 32 Bites, 2 Nestle Aero 28 Bites, 7 Reese‘s Filled with Peanut Butter 15 Bites, 1 Milka Avellanas Enteras 32 Bites (Detail), 2016, tinted hard plastic, magnets, aluminum foil, laser-cut, bent and powder coated steel sheet, 179 cm x 73 cm

Untitled, 2016, tinted hard plastic cast from UV-cured photopolymer, baling twine, laser-cut, bent and powder-coated steel sheet, 179 x 73 cm

Installation view: Proof of Concept, Union Pacific, 2016

To Whom it May Concern (Detail), 2016, cast plastic, translucent vinyl, cork, rubber tips, chromed steel rods, polyurethane resin on extruded polystyrene foam, baling twine, wire mesh, earth plaster and hay bales, 110 x 110 x 50 cm

To Whom it May Concern (Detail), 2016, cast plastic, translucent vinyl, cork, rubber tips, chromed steel rods, polyurethane resin on extruded polystyrene foam, baling twine, wire mesh, earth plaster and hay bales, 110 x 110 x 50 cm

Installation view: Proof of Concept, Union Pacific, 2016

Installation view: Proof of Concept, Union Pacific, 2016

Sincerely Yours (Inner), 2016, automotive clay and clay modeling film on extruded polystyrene foam, wood, earth plaster and hay bales, 140 x 100 x 95 cm

1 Kit Kat 16 Bites, 4 Lindt 30 Bites and 4 10 Bites, 4 Smarties Sharing Block 16 Bites, 2 Galaxy Smooth Milk 42 Bites (More or Less), 6 Niederegger Lubeck Marzipan Classic 10 Bites, 4 Nestle 50 Bites, 2 Cadbury Bournville Classic Dark 32 Bites, 2 Nestle Aero 28 Bites, 7 Reese‘s Filled with Peanut Butter 15 Bites, 1 Milka Avellanas Enteras 32 Bites, 2016, tinted hard plastic, magnets, aluminum foil, laser-cut, bent and powder coated steel sheet, 179 x 73 cm

Installation view: Proof of Concept, Union Pacific, 2016

Installation view: Proof of Concept, Union Pacific, 2016

Untitled (Detail), 2016, tinted hard plastic cast from UV-cured photopolymer, baling twine, laser-cut, bent and powder-coated steel sheet, 179 x 73 cm

To Whom it May Concern, 2016, cast plastic, translucent vinyl, cork, rubber tips, chromed steel rods, polyurethane resin on extruded polystyrene foam, baling twine, wire mesh, earth plaster and hay bales, 110 x 110 x 50 cm

To Whom it May Concern (Detail), 2016, cast plastic, translucent vinyl, cork, rubber tips, chromed steel rods, polyurethane resin on extruded polystyrene foam, baling twine, wire mesh, earth plaster and hay bales, 110 x 110 x 50 cm

To Whom it May Concern, 2016, cast plastic, translucent vinyl, cork, rubber tips, chromed steel rods, polyurethane resin on extruded polystyrene foam, baling twine, wire mesh, earth plaster and hay bales, 110 x 110 x 50 cm

Sincerely Yours (Outer Right Section) (Detail), 2016, automotive clay and clay modeling film on extruded polystyrene foam, mirror, chipboard and steel table, 150 x 63 x 196 cm

Sincerely Yours (Outer Left Section), 2016, automotive clay and clay modeling film on extruded polystyrene foam, mirror, chipboard, steel table and paper cups, 150 x 63 x 196 cm