This sculptural artwork features a striking combination of organic shapes and vibrant colors. The piece is composed of undulating, shell-like forms in shades of turquoise, beige, and blue, creating a visually captivating and textural composition. The bulbous, layered structures evoke a sense of natural growth and movement, suggesting a marine or geological theme. The artist's skilled use of materials and attention to detail result in a captivating and imaginative work that invites the viewer to explore its intricate forms and textures. The artwork's evocative and surreal quality likely reflects the artist's intention to capture the beauty and complexity of the natural world. ...
Kris Lemsalu’s practice is filled with eccentric colours, shamans, talismans, kitsch imagery and materials such as clothing, food and animal pelts. Working in installation, sculpture and performance, the Estonian artist’s works deny categorization and invite ritualistic catharsis of life and death, beauty and pain. Mimicking the formlessness of life itself, her works and performances transcend structure into absurdist mix of textures and materials; with cheap rubber bags being attached to precious porcelain, a toothbrush burning between the artist’s lips or a chicken-eggs-chandelier hanging between her legs. Lemsalu’s exquisite use of her body as a material alongside the strangeness of her inanimate objects blends the very distinction between herself, her art and life, more broadly. Fairy tales and folklore, fantasy and reality become indistinguishable in the artist’s universe of kitsch and absurdity. With no beginning or end, Lemsalu’s practice is a metamorphosis in action. ...
