CONTEMPORARY ART STOCKROOM Chelsea Gustafsson
Fish
2025, oil on board, 30cm x 22cm
"The humble cardboard boxes are quite literally somewhere to keep and store things: both physical repository and symbolic sanctuary for objects and thoughts. I bookend my days with walking and thinking about all that is going on in the world and being in the studio painting is an extension of my way to process thoughts."
“The beige textures of the cardboard boxes, all battered, sellotaped, and crumpled at the edges, dominate the picture plane. Their form is humble and ubiquitous, yet also suggestive of consumption, waste, and containment. When seen as repositories of memory and knowledge, they begin to symbolise what has been lost through decades of relentless consumerism. They become an archive of extinction events, ready to be stored away.” Phe Luxford, excerpt from ‘Souvenirs’ catalogue essay, 2024."
“The beige textures of the cardboard boxes, all battered, sellotaped, and crumpled at the edges, dominate the picture plane. Their form is humble and ubiquitous, yet also suggestive of consumption, waste, and containment. When seen as repositories of memory and knowledge, they begin to symbolise what has been lost through decades of relentless consumerism. They become an archive of extinction events, ready to be stored away.” Phe Luxford, excerpt from ‘Souvenirs’ catalogue essay, 2024."
Artwork to scale in-situ on 3.7m wall
