Gállok - Kallak

by Katarina Pirak Sikku

Artist Katarina Pirak Sikku (Sverige, född 1965)

Date2013

MediumSynthetic fiber cloth

DimensionsVarierande mått

Classification

Countries

Sweden

Credit LineInköp 2017 med medel från Österlindska stiftelsen

RoomGallery 01:16

Object NumberMOM/2017/24

The artwork is not on display

About the artworkA ground cloth with barely discernible traces of car tyres, and of dirt that has penetrated the fabric from the reverse side, bears witness to conflict. When test blasting for mineral extraction was carried out in Gállok/Kallak outside Jokkmokk in northern Sweden in 2013, many people protested against the exploitation of nature. During one of the police interventions, Katarina Pirak Sikku laid out ground cloths on the road. As police officers, protesters, prosecutors and representatives of the mining company walked and drove over the surface, it was filled with tracks. A contemporary “frottage” of sorts – an impression that speaks both of what lies beneath the earth and the events unfolding above: a testimony of the land. Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad Selected exhibition history Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Manipulera världen (den 21 oktober 2017 - den 21 januari 2018) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Manipulera världen : Aktivera Öyvind Fahlström : [Moderna Museet 22/10 2017-17/5 2018]Manipulate The World : Connecting Öyvind Fahlström : [Moderna Museet 22/10 2017-17/5 2018]

Works by the artist