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Nazarian / Curcio is pleased to present This is Not a Toaster, a group exhibition featuring artists and designers who cleverly embed systems of utility—whether implied or explicit—within sculptural forms. Together, these works challenge and reimagine conventional expectations of what objects can or should do.
The exhibition’s title nods to René Magritte’s iconic 1929 painting The Treachery of Images, in which the phrase “This is not a pipe” appears below a meticulously rendered image of a pipe. In a similarly playful, irreverent, and surrealist spirit, This is Not a Toaster explores the shifting boundaries between function and form. The objects on view blur distinctions between fine art and design, inviting viewers to reconsider the roles, meanings, and potential uses of the things we live with.