Original artwork description:

Filler on board, oak panel
My works are not painted but cast in oak panels using standard wall filler.

This is the fifth piece in the Stone Conversations series. It deals with group dynamics. The untenable alienated position of the subject pushes it into a permanent state of desire that compels it to find a connection with anything outside itself. One aspect of this force is the formation of socio-cultural groups. They can be small or large and often intersect. These groups are defined by an act of language that severs the group from the whole. However, language is only clean and pure on a strictly semantic level and is always permuted when applied to the material.

This constitutes a problem when finding proper identifiers for a group, such as “Swedes” or “Artists”. We often use negative strategies; it’s easier as the group must be homologous, and everything outside it is defined by its heterogeneity. The solution is to treat the identifier as a master signifier—a sign that can’t be further divided or explained. This is possible because our identification with it works on an emotional level, which bypasses conscious logic and argument. This way, it is experienced more as a part of the body than the mind and, thus, more authentic and sincere.

Materials used:

Filler on board, oak panel, stone

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