Lou Jaworski, AIRLINES, 2020

2020

Medium

Ferrite magnets, steel and silver

Dimensions

245 × 350 cm

Status

In Gallery Collection

Collect24 Art ID

C24-155896

The work AIRLINES is a multi-component floor installation consisting of two steel grids and corresponding magnetic objects. Lou Jaworski uses the grid to expand the exhibition space by an additional level. AIRLINES explores the linear relationships between objects in space and their relationship to the viewer's location. The work almost seems to float, at the same time referring to the microcosm as well as to the macrocosm: on the one hand, the structure appears like an enlargement and visualization of energetic fields normally imperceptible to humans; on the other hand, AIRLINES is reminiscent of an architectural landscape from a bird's eye perspective, in which the individual elements are placed in strict order to one another. The grid, a recurring base element in Jaworski's work, becomes a space to be experienced, reminiscent of digital renderings, but also a means to order individual sculptural elements. Minimalist geometric shapes, some of which are built into architectural sculptures, are in stark contrast to the broken structures on the grid, which are accompanied by strongly splintered, crystalline ferrite magnets. Jaworski's highly contrasted handling of the material can be found in his sculptures I, Core and A.