Found Text Weaves New Narratives in Sculptures of Common Objects by Cecilia Levy
“Lena” (2015). All pictures © Cecilia Levy, shared with permission
Artist Cecilia Levy (beforehand) carves particular person phrases and phrases from classic books that she then refashions into Mary Janes, fringed boots, and traditional tea units. As skinny as a single sheet of paper, her fragile, pasted sculptures weave blocks of texts into new patterns and contexts that add intrigue and depth to their on a regular basis kinds. The sourced materials “carries a number of narratives on the identical time, each within the content material itself and by the passing of time, for example the place mild and age have turned the perimeters of the paper brittle and brown. My works are additionally about this. They replicate my interior tales and reminiscences,” she tells Colossal.
Levy fashions a lot of her items after objects discovered round her house or by casting objects in a silicone mildew, although it’s not solely the form that guides the work however typically the prose itself. Phrases like “poësie,” for instance, nestle into the middle of a teacup piece by the identical title, whereas different sculptures like “Lena” or “Rosa” might be likened to narrative mazes that require navigating an array of phrases and phrases strung collectively in non-linear manners.
Based mostly in Sigtuna, Sweden, Levy has two items obtainable in her shop and several other reveals slated for this spring: her works shall be on view at Homo Faber in Venice and two venues in Malmö, the Form/Design Center and at Southern Sweden Design Days. She’s at the moment engaged on a sequence involving paper maché clay that she’ll exhibit subsequent 12 months at Konsthantverkarna in Stockholm. You may see extra of Levy’s course of and works on Instagram.
“Hobo – Homeward Sure” (2012), e-book pages, paste, string. 40 x 30 x 30 centimeters
“Rosa” (2015)
“Rosa” (2015)
“Tea for 2,” e-book pages, wheat paste, concrete base, 15 x 40 x 40 centimeters. Photograph by Alvaro Campo
Element of “Hobo – Homeward Sure” (2012), e-book pages, paste, string. 40 x 30 x 30 centimeters
“Hobo – Homeward Sure” (2012), e-book pages, paste, string. 40 x 30 x 30 centimeters
“Poësie” (2016), e-book pages and wheatpaste, 9-centimeter cup, 13-centimeter saucer
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