The work of Alina Tenser inhabits a notional space at the juncture of a Montessori school and the Container Store. Her sculptures, performances, and videos suggest playtime scenarios of experiential learning while evoking a distinctly grown-up predilection for organizing. Though children may view the “useful pot to put things in” that Winnie the Pooh presents to Eeyore as a lackluster birthday gift, the right storage device can excite the passions of adults (or at least “adulting” millennials) in ways that Marx’s theory of the commodity fails to fully comprehend. Tenser seeks to activate the psychic energies latent in the trays, bins, hangers, clips, and doodads that promise not merely to discipline a spice cabinet or tidy a desk drawer but also to stabilize and even renew one’s fundamental sense of self.
Alina Tenser
Colby Chamberlain, Artforum, May 1, 2022
TRIBECA
77 Franklin Street
New York, NY 10013
Tues - Sat 11AM - 6PM
or by appointment
EAST
68A Schellinger Road
Amagansett, NY
Seasonal and
by appointment
INQUIRIES:
info@hesseflatow.com
sales@hesseflatow.com
galllery phone : 646-892-3032
©2025HESSE FLATOW
This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please contact us to find out more about our Cookie Policy.