The Shapers, installation view at Grünerløkka Kunsthall, Oslo, July 2014

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The Shapers, installation view at Grünerløkka Kunsthall, Oslo, July 2014

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installation view at Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway, July 2014

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Standing Couch, 2012
Standing Couch, 2012
Lilac horizons Lavender sky, 2013, installation view at KHM Gallery, Malmö
detail from Lilac horizons Lavender sky, 2013, installation view at KHM Gallery, Malmö
detail from Lilac horizons Lavender sky, 2013, installation view at KHM Gallery, Malmö

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all images courtesy of the artist (unless otherwise stated)

 

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TIRIL HASSELKNIPPE employs traditional sculptural techniques and a range of materials— resin, polyester, plastic, steel — to create forms which are mostly familiar and seem to be tied to commercial products. Inspired by minimal art, yet less strict and instead adding a touch of humour, her focus is on the work process which is based on text and imagery, and plays a major role in defining the shape the objects, sculptures and installation.

The surf board represents the height of the wave, the hubris, and its consecutive crash. It’s connected to the two previous themes of cars and crashing waves and the ocean, about having a Moby Dick moment or a longing for Moby Dick; to be swallowed whole and to disappear willingly, a death and an afterlife. It is the ecstasy of mania and the guilt of all endings. California was a muse for this project too, as it was also for the car project before that. Geographical muses are interesting. It’s like a site specific fan fiction. – TIRIL HASSELKNIPP about his solo exhibion Swim Good at Landings Project Space, 2013

TIRIL HASSELKNIPPE (born 1984, Norway) lives and works between Oslo and New York. She has most recently exhibited at Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden; Toves Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark; and Peinture et Sculpture, Copenhagen, Denmark (all 2013). HASSELKNIPPE ran CEO Gallery in Malmö from 2011-2013.

➝  her work is currently part of Skulptur Odense, an extensive sculpture exhibition throughout the city of Odense in Denmark, on view until September 21, 2014!

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