The Flower Vases, 2021

Description:

The Flower Vases are reliefs out of plaster, made with a drawing and projection method utilising an iPad. What you see are the individual sculptures that slowly gain colour as the drawing that lies as a base to the sculptures is slowly projected onto their surface

More about the work:

The Flower Vases I, II, III & IV are animated films of a diatally traced fower vase drawings projected onto a three-dimensional object.

The works are about the pleasure of drawing. Stressina the importance and healing effects of playfulness and creativity. Celebrating the simple gestures of art and life, this series proposes a counter-narrative to the constant and ultimately 'unhealthy' urge within society for the accumulation of knowledge and the need for economic growth. To Sæbjörnsson, the act of drawing vases with flowers brings joy to his 'inner child self', and are as such a reference to art therapy and specifically the Icelandic pioneer Sigríður Björnsdóttir:

'Art has been my guiding light throughout my life and career. I believe that we all have the ability to experience and react by expressing ourselves without thinking. The pictures that emerge spontaneously during the creative process are a reflection of a much bigger process, an individual's inner journey. This has to do with getting in touch with and harnessing the creative force that lies within us all. This was why I knew that every child could create a picture.'

Artwork Information:

Title: The Flower Vases I, II & IV (these are all independent works and nr. III also exists but is not displayed on this homepage.)

Materials: Plaster, screenrecording and video projection

Dimensions of sculpture object: 120cm x 60 cm x 12 cm

Duration: 5-7 minutes each

Exhibition history:

Die Raum, Berlin. 2021

Borås Bright Art, Borås Konstmuseum. Borås, Sweden, 2022

Categories:

Video Installation

Sculpture