Observing a proliferation of brilliant blue PVC infrastructure upon her arrival in Thailand in 2018, Bangkok-based Elvire Bonduelle (b. 1981, Paris, FR) began experimenting with what she would come to call ‘assisted ready-mades’ (in French, 'ready-made aidés’): inherently casual, Duchampian riffs upon existing typologies that alter an object’s purpose with just one or two gestures. 

This volume collects photographs taken by the artist across Los Angeles, New York, São Paulo, Paris, Bangkok, Wuhan, and Shanghai. The images connect pipe forms across locales, intentions, functionalities.

The photographic sequence is framed and complemented by an essay, "After Ad Hoc," by critic Mimi Zeiger.

Published on the occasion of "New Waves" at Marta Gallery in Los Angeles, January 18 — March 01, 2020

Published by Marta, 2020

Softcover, saddle-stitched, 48 pages, full color offset, 6 × 10 inches