#409-11 Back And Forth Pace
US$ 2,800
Overview
2022
Construction Filler, Filler on board, oak panel
Unique Work
Dimensions: 84cm (H) x 192cm (W) x 5cm (D) / 33.1" (H) x 75.6" (W) x 2" (D)
Note: Actual colours may vary due to photography & computer settings
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About the art
Artist statement
84x192 cm (64x84 cm each panel) | Filler, oak panels
Multiple installing options
I did this work by pacing back and forth over three panels along the sides. It was produced in Buer Gallery and exhibited as a work in progress installation during my exhibition Pace&Pound 2022.
´Pacing back and forth can be a sign of impatience but also of introspection or contemplation. The behaviour is shown by prisoners in their cells or caged animals, but it is also what Professor Balthasar, the animated cartoon hero from my childhood did before he made a great invention (which only ever meant pulling the lever of his fantastic machine).
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Artist profile
Johan Söderström
Born: 1969
Hometown: Stockholm
Based in: Oslo
I am interested in process-based painting and the profound human solitude. While exploring one thing, I sometimes try to formulate something about the other.
My work is made from construction filler in oak frames. I have developed a unique technique, where I insert 6 mm thick layers of grey and white …
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