Element2
Kjersti Sletteland
Element2
Kjersti Sletteland
Reference
SAS0115_002
Year
2018
Dimensions (cm)
Height: 36
Length: 94
Depth: 9
Length: 94
Depth: 9
Materials
Jesmonite
Suitable Locations for the Work
- Indoors
- Wall-mounted
Background, history, commissioner of the work
Element2 is taking its shape from architectural details you find in grand old houses.
This is a series made in response to an interest in décor and the human impulse it is to fill objects and spaces with ornaments. This piece is based around the theme of a coving. The repeated shape is ambiguous pointing to something perhaps bodily; one response is that it is commenting on the masculinity of this type of architecture
Thematic/contextual information
The piece is meant to go into a dialogue with the space it is put in. It makes an interesting contrast to both a modern building and the old grand style. Ideally the work is installed high up or in the periphery, rather than centrally on the wall.
