Magnus Thierfelder
It could be said that it is function that is being paused in Thierfelder’s works. The focus is shifted instead to the objects. Frequently the systems that keep everyday life in check have been inactivated. A few plastic plants leave their pots and press their leaves against the ceiling. And frequently it is with the surrounding space that the works conduct a dialogue that is both literal and metaphorical. A crack in the floor, a water-pipe that has sprung a leak. Something unwelcome in one context becomes a welcome visitor in another. When the title turns into Fountain the meanings shift and the function becomes expected.
Thierfelder’s subjects, his themes, live right next to us in our daily lives, so close that we normally do not notice them. They can be found in homes and public spaces, in places of work, in newspapers and films. They get shifted in scale into ingenious sculptures and installations. A tornado has been blown up from a square box in a comic to fill an entire room. And there we are with our heads between our knees and our tongues touching the floor.
Magnus Thierfelder
Born 1976 in Glumslöv. Lives and works in Malmö.
Education
1996–2001
Malmö Art Academy, Malmö
Selected solo exhibitions
2005
Skånes Konstförening, Malmö
2005
Elastic, Malmö
2004
Galleri Mors Mössa, Gothenburg
Selected group exhibitions
2005
KHM 10th Anniversary, Rooseum, Malmö
2005
Lost in translation, HAU, Athens [GR]
2004
From Nowhere To Somewhere Without Return: the Knowledge, Coleman Projects, London [GB]
Selected bibliography
Fred Andersson, Svenska Dagbladet, 2005-10-03.
Johan Svensson, Skånes Konstförening, 2005.
Rebecca Geldard Time Out London, 2004-11-24.