Underskog

“Through its fetishization of the base, the sculpture reaches downward to absorb the pedestal into itself and away from the actual place; and through the representation of its own materials, or the process of its construction, the sculpture depicts its own autonomy” — Rosalind Krauss, Sculpture in the Expanded Field

“It Elicited It” is a total-installation balancing on the border between panting and sculpture. The exhibition is made up of a series of sculptures in various shapes and formats, each placed on unique plinths inherent with painterly gestures on a wall-to-wall carpet. Or maybe it is the opposite; the carpet is placed on the sculptures, because they grow together, like in J.G. Ballard′s novel “The Crystal World” where a physician tries to make his way deep into the jungle to a secluded leprosy treatment facility, and his chaotic path leads him to try to come to terms with an apocalyptic phenomenon in the jungle that crystallizes everything it touches.

Like crystals, Berberg′s sculptures are also built as geometrical structures; serially but always unique. At LYNX Berberg refers to Sol Lewitt′s work, using the elements of simple forms – square, cube, line and color – to produce logical systems that are only suggested or just pretend to be systematic. Alternatively a system for the system’s sake or a system created on the premise of the system.

Through sculpture, meta-painting and installation, Berberg uses fragments of environmental factors such as the interior, architecture and nature surrounding him, as a starting point for his work. Through a process in a digital 3D program, these fragments are forced into a strict geometrical pattern and then translated into objects built with precision and a hands on approach, in materials like wood and plaster.

The plinths are far more than showcase props, they also move between painting and sculpture; at first glanze looking like Marble or Tiles with an almost organic surface, they are made of materials like Oxidized Copper, plaster, paint and wood. Growing from the floor into the sculptures, and back again, binding it all together and splitting it at the same time.

Like in Ballard′s novel where the crystals have the property to keep objects and beings in a suspended state of existence, Fredrik Berberg′s “It Elicited It”, being the last exhibition in the pavilion before the holiday, will capture you and keep you suspended this weekend — or until LYNX opens again in August.

LYNX is supported by Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, and Art Counsil Norway

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