SASKIA NEUMAN GALLERY

Another Threshold

Jakob Solgren Nordenskiöld was born in 1976 in Shiraz, Iran and grew up in Vimmerby, Småland, Sweden. He holds an MFA from Konstfack Stockholm and is currently a senior associate professor in ceramics and glass at Konstfack Stockholm. Another Threshold is Jakob's second solo exhibition at Saskia Neuman Gallery.

The exhibition Another Threshold charters a direct and unaltered perception of existentialism. The artist uses each object as part of a narrative. A constant reminder of a place, voice, poem or memory. Jakob Solgren Nordenskiöld's practice incorporates sculpture, installation and drawing. He describes his work as a constant presence and awareness for inarticulate matter, where objects, sculptures and space engage in a silent, yet charged search for what human life is.

The materials are raw, in an unaltered state. There is no concealing or embellishing. Each object carries a story where the artist's creations are based on a sense of permission and openness. A constant awareness of an unspoken language. The artist describes it as a silence of fragments and syllables between him and the object. As time passes, several days, weeks and months, a sound and a voice starts to seep through the barriers of reality. The position and state of the object is changed. Its agency interpositions itself in a new setting. It is performative; a visual language without limitations and boundaries.

The work Another Threshold, 2024 is placed in the exhibition as a suggestion, or maybe a warning, a exclamation point. Solgren Nordenskiöld describes the emergence of the sculpture as something that chose him, but without consent. Its self-evident manifestation as an artwork was suddenly undeniable. The object reflects an act of caring and protection. Balancing on the delicate tip, dancing.

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