Kris Lemsalu

Put the lime in the coconut, 202499.1 x 76.2 x 99.1cm24000 USD

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Wood, metal, ceramics, and textileMargot SamelNew York City

Description

Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This contemporary artwork features a wooden rocking chair adorned with bronze sculptures of birds perched atop the backrest. The subtle earth-toned chair contrasts with the vibrant blue-green hues of the avian figures, creating a striking visual interplay. The composition's simplicity and the juxtaposition of natural and artificial elements suggest a contemplative and whimsical quality. The artist's intention may have been to explore the relationship between nature, functionality, and the human experience, inviting the viewer to ponder the intersection of the mundane and the extraordinary. ...

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Artist

Kris Lemsalu

1985 , Estonian

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. ...