Borrowing its title from American painter, printmaker, and sculptor Max Weber’s 1960 essay, Things: An Essay and Woodblock Print reflects on his assertion: “Culture will come when people touch things with love and see them with a penetrating eye.” Without learning to live with things — to notice, handle, and dwell with them — Weber warned we risk losing part of our identity.

A room is empty. A thing is brought in. And suddenly, we are no longer alone.

This exhibition explores the quiet presence of objects — whether artworks, books, ceramics, or hand-made pieces — not as decorations or commodities, but as companions. Each work resists easy categorisation and invites viewers to sit with it, rather than decode it.

Bringing together artists Lucy Anlezark, Olivia Arnold, Nqa Blayed, Erline, Karin Mizuno, Helen Morgan, and Annabel Scanlen, Things spans drawing, ceramics, and site-responsive practices. Rather than treating objects as static or decorative, the exhibition positions them as active presences — companions that resist simple classification.

Set within Maido, a concept store by Provider Store, Things creates a living environment rather than a traditional gallery display. Visitors will encounter works among shelves and tables, woven into the rhythm of the space, echoing how art lives in our own homes.

With Things, Postmodern Art Club continues its broader mission to reimagine how contemporary art circulates — moving away from institutional hierarchies toward more intimate, experimental, and accessible forms of engagement.