wood, granite, h. 60 cm

purchased in 2022

An example of the artist’s conceptual sculptural work. Everyday kitchen utensils are transformed into a different material: metal becomes wood, turning the objects into referential symbols. This is not an example of a ready-made—an industrially manufactured item simply decontextualized for artistic purposes. Instead, the conceptual change of material, alteration of form, and specific composition enable the sculptor to create a dadaist alternative situation. The uniformity of the material draws the viewer’s attention to the act itself.

What makes this sculptural “ensemble” provocative is the piercing contact of a knife’s blade entering the convex surface of a spoon that covers an egg beneath it. A rather improbable, absurd situation that disrupts the expected integrity of the objects. The penetration of otherwise impenetrable forms, and the intrusion into the seemingly protected egg, sets in motion an interpretative spiral about human behavior—planned and calculated actions which are suddenly bent or pierced by unforeseen and often profoundly transformative events.

Translation created with the assistance of AI (ChatGPT).