When Work Becomes Form

 

2018, polished steel, lacquer, wax, acrylic resin, polyurethane-elastomer, various work clothes

20 structures of varying dimensions

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Kunsthal Nord, Aalborg

 

Polished steel is tested on its flexibility as a possible “new soft skill”. It is being twisted and torn to maximal extent under a blow torch by the artist’s own manpower.
The resulting variations of fragile and delicate stands are used for hanging work clothes and older artworks. The stands are presented in a former power plant, which today, in the post-industrial era, has been turned into a multi-functional building that houses the exhibition space as well as other event spaces.