
Ser Brandon-Castro Serpas
In her first solo exhibition, Los Angeles– and New York–based artist Ser Brandon-Castro Serpas presents eleven works, many of which are amalgams of disparate objects. For instance, a glass tabletop, a vacuum cleaner, and a bookcase make up Load Bearing Allotment (all works cited, 2017), whereas In the Slightest comprises a carved door, a child’s tiny microphone stand, and a broom handle, among other items. To be clear, though, these works are not just formal experiments reminiscent of Robert Rauschenberg’s seminal combines.
Rather, the pieces speak to the precarity of categorization; they work