Willfors, Pontus
Pontus Willfors
Swedish, (born 1973-)
About the Artist
I create sculptural works that challenge the assumptions we impose upon everyday objects and materials. I often co-opt the utility and materiality of domestic forms, transforming things like tables and chairs, all crafted by hand, into wild, ornate, lyrical compositions or evacuating these objects of their use by reductively distilling them into formal minimalist constructs. By connecting the controlled, functional nature of household products to their unruly, natural sources or by channeling the very simplicity of the culturally-charged meanings they've accrued beyond their empirical worth, I encourage the viewer to reconsider the sources of "known."
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