found objects, oil paitn on wood
The sculptural object "Unstable Monument," 2024, incorporates a cut-up door, parts of an office chair, platform wheels, and a text painted in oil.
The text originates from a 19th-century letter by King Leopold I of Belgium to Queen Victoria, in which the king warns his cousin about the danger posed by artists, who are well-received by all classes, hard to control, and perpetually dissatisfied. Part of this letter’s text transitions into a fake propaganda poster presented online as a warning from the McCarthy era. Taken out of context and turned into a slogan, the text could also sound like a leftist accusation of artists' renegade nature due to their willingness to serve all classes.
The image of the office chair and the static wheels of the main platform represent my self-ironic question mark directed at all three warnings.
The work seeks to comment on a world where the rapid circulation of information turns every image into a meme and every word into hypertext. A world where both images and meanings collapse under the burden of being everything. A world where it’s fascinating to live on both sides of the mirror, as both sides are validated realities.