Eva Robarts (°1982. Lives and works in NY, USA) work is ostensibly born of a kindred sensibility to Arte Povera which employed such down-at-the-heel materials as wax, broken glass, soil, and wood as its vernacular. Recently Robarts employs materials familiar from the stolid realms of industry and construction to more light-hearted end. The artist is constantly collecting, recording and sketching detritus in urban areas which she sees as abandoned spirits, the cast-offs of society. The interplay of materials asks fundamental questions regarding existence and consumer culture. What is man’s relationship to his community, himself, and the planet?