Lucien Smith and Jack Siegel from Cooper Union recently unveiled their new exhibition entitled 'Imagined Nostalgia.' The exhibition, according to Hypebeast, is centered around the main theme of memory and how it can become distorted over time." With this said, 'Imagined Nostalgia' features a variety of items and objects, many belonging to the artists, that appear tattered, broken and damaged to portray how the the memory can fade and become distorted over time.
The exhibition showcases a knocked-over and bent basketball net, an electric guitar missing its handle, a bike with severely chipped paint and old, faded cereal boxes. 'Imagined Nostalgia' demonstrates a creative and unusual concept that will surely stir up a variety of nostalgic emotions for those who visit the exhibition.
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