The choice of metal rods for binding-purposes replaces softer, previously employed materials such as ropes, gelatine, or silicone. Binding through metal rods opens endless possibilities for each work to keep developing, or potentially become connected to another; they are individual, modular parts of a larger assemblage. An interesting temporality of the shapes is thus introduced – possible through the repetitive qualities of the works, and a thoroughly deliberate decision taken by the artist and reflected in both their construction and installation.
In the artist’s own words: I work with repetition as a movement that can dissolve the form, make it uncertain. The shape can be changed and continued. I am looking for something momentarily, fleeting, impermanent, though I work with very heavy and durable materials. I want to be in the precise moment when stability could break, fall, expand, disintegrate.
While Isakson Lundin is primarily known as a sculptor, her paintings and drawings are an equally important part of her practice. Movement between these different mediums allows for further explorations around notions of stability, temporality, meeting points. Notably, this latest group of sculptures is closely linked to the artist’s previous series, Takt/Tact. Each sculpture from the Beståndsdelarna series arises from a series of decisions, small movements, and connections, which, step by step, inform and allow for the final shapes to emerge.
The process of creation is essential for their understanding. Guided by the overall goal of achieving the correct balance, both conceptually and aesthetically, the artist employs different-sized mock-ups that allow an initial control of the shapes by hand. Each stage of development, as the mock-ups become larger, forces new decisions that have an impact on each subsequent stage. Ongoing negotiations between the artist’s ability and the stainless steel’s properties are also central: this strong, industrial material is bent, shaped, pushed to its limits, while the artist remains mindful of the material’s innate assets. The Beståndsdelarna group is also reliant on its surroundings, as the threaded metal rod components are designed to pierce and attach themselves to walls. As such, the environment becomes part of the work, and the stability of each given wall is extended through the sculpture it relates to.
