Who wants a ceramic mug in blue and gold, imprinted with the slogan, ‘Go, Leffe, Go!’? What purpose does a chipped sugar bowl serve in a society where everyone already has a sugar bowl and no one takes sugar in their coffee anyway? How many glasses do we have to break before we need to replace them with chipped, mass-produced, second-hand ones? Elisabeth Westerlund has drawn a razor-sharp line high up in the room, blocking our field of vision with a crossbar on which she has placed objects – rejected cups, discarded glasses, quietly pondering their new situation – they are in a museum.
Elisabeth Westerlund
Born in 1965 in Stockholm. Lives and works in Stockholm. Educated at Birkagårdens Folkhögskola, sculpture, Stockholm, and Empire State College, Studio Program, New York.
Latest selected solo exhibitions
2004 Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm
2002 Galleri Box, Gothenburg
2001 Galleri Index, Stockholm
Latest selected group exhibitions
2005 Galerie des multiples Lasst Blumen sprechen
2003 Djurgårdsbrunn, Stockholm Infinite inventories
2002 Sparwasser, Berlin Structures
