Work Presented at The Interpretation of Dreams (Detail)

Photograph of a detail of one of Roberto Chabet's works in his solo exhibition 'The Interpretation of Dreams' at West Gallery from 24 March - 17 April 1995.

Chabet wrote, 'Common-place objects like clocks, suitcases, alphabet blocks, a conch shell from a half-forgotten vacation, a plastic harmonica, umbrellas, a parachute bought at an army surplus store - these are objects that appear and re-appear in (my) assemblages and installations.

In 'The Interpretation of Dreams', some of these objects are seen again, but instead of appearing predictably common-place they have lost their familiarity and seem to have become unidentifiable foreign objects in new territories that are as foreign and unidentifiable.

Misplaced, displaced, dislocated, and relocated in new contexts, the objects demand new readings, reveal new meanings. In (my) work objects are texts. The use and re-use of the text determine meaning.

In the four new works, the objects have become dream images with all the slippages of a dream. More than images they have become in their uncanniness, objects that have assumed an unconsciousness. They have become dream objects - perhaps, dreams themselves.'

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Publication/Creation date

1995

Medium

Oil on canvas, harmonica

Dimension

121.92cm x 121.92cm

Content type

artwork documentation

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Work Presented at The Interpretation of Dreams (Detail)