Vestibules
Artist
Tarik Kiswanson
(Sverige, född 1986)
Date2016
MediumHigh polished steel
DimensionsVarierande mått
ClassificationSculptures, Installations
Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)
On view
StockholmRoomGallery 01:5
Object NumberMOM/2021/97
CollectionsSvenska förvärv 2021
About the artworkA vestibule is a space, an area that leads to other rooms. Vestibulum is an organ in the ear that registers gravity and acceleration. Vestibules are sculptural spaces made of thin metal strips hanging from the ceiling. Tarik Kiswanson has polished the strips using a time-consuming process, to make them shiny. As viewers, we can get lost among a myriad of reflections of ourselves and the surrounding room. Our Self is both multiplied and dissolved, and the experience tends to cause a slight dizziness. If the sculptures are activated, which can happen during Kiswanson’s performances, their rotating movement resembles ritual Sufi Dervish dancing. The dance overrides the ego and leads to transcendence, the spiritual entry into other dimensions. Other rooms.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad Selected exhibition history Den underjordiska himlen. Surrealism i Moderna Museets samling Moderna Museet, Stockholm Surrealism, samlingen (den 19 oktober 2024 - den 18 januari 2026) Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad Selected exhibition history Den underjordiska himlen. Surrealism i Moderna Museets samling Moderna Museet, Stockholm Surrealism, samlingen (den 19 oktober 2024 - den 18 januari 2026) Moderna Museet, Stockholm