In her most recent art projects, Åsa lindsjö strives to combine an unbounded artistic sense with industrial professionalism. We can sense complex organic processes beneath the smooth, shining surfaces of her objects in industrial porcelain. Her new work is based on an idea as simple as it is ingenious. salt licks are placed in the landscape. Gradually diminished through use, the salt licks are removed after reaching different stages of wear. the vital needs of the cows have by then left their secretive, fluted traces on the blocks. The animals’ tongues have created visibly sensual and sculptural variations of a life force. By converting these organic forms to casts in the factory, Åsa lindsjö creates a new context for the original material. An everyday object suddenly gains an abstract, almost mythical aura. We see, finally, limited and defined objects that rest in their own, strong field of power. While following how the cows have licked the blocks into disintegration and disappearance, we can see how Åsa lindsjö has constructed her forms towards concentration and preservation. Objects which simultaneously are contained and open. Objects which have been given unexpected aspects and which build entirely new sculptural rooms and landscapes.

Thomas kjellgren
Director, kristianstad center for contemporary Art