Sol is part of the series, Captured. It is a cast glass object combined with metal, using the materials to work and breathe together in the composition. The smoothness of the glass is being in contrast with its metal frame, yet the represented waves are in a sort of delusive harmony.
Sol is expressing light and refractions using the shimmering surface of the glass as something inherently capable of transcendency. Light is trapped yet moving, something that is sublime and defying the eyes and the hands. It is a beauty that is guarded by the spikes of its frame, making it impossible to touch, therefore the temptation to touch is rendered impossible.
About Captured:
The captured series is about the hard work of finding ways for someone to enter another person’s emotional world by understanding their narrative. It is empathy towards one another, all in the language of the materials. A language which translates very differently to everyone, yet unknowingly making the person discover something within themselves by the effort of explaining what they see and feel.
I include mirrors in my works, because art is never truly verbal – just like emotions or the true sensations are mostly unspeakable – and as they are unsaid, you fill the void, and it reflects on you. Mirrors represent this, but the thing is, you cannot see them, as you rarely realize this mechanism. It is under the object, under every layer, refracting the light, shining through the thickness of the glass.
cast glass, metal frame, diameter 25 cm
Sol, 2021, Stockholm
