Eftereld – Oscar Furbacken

Including painting, video, sculpture and installation, the extensive exhibition ”Eftereld" is on view at S.P.G until 1st June 2024.

As an integral part of the show, Oscar Furbacken has created the site-specific installation "Tear”(Reva). This monumental cleft seamlessly integrates behind the wall, challenging the very concept of a gallery exhibition. In relation to the planetary ruptures of the Anthropocene and inspired by the transcendental qualities of lightning it explores perception and a different type of spatiality.

The exhibition is part of a larger project the artist has been working on inspired by what happens in nature after the trauma of wildfire. Furbacken’s film "Cinder Oasis" along with the sculptural pieces reveal a fascinating process that allows new ecosystems to rise out of the ashes.

”[…] the artist has created an illusion of depth that counters the first impression of the object. There are little fungi and algae looking shapes made of Parian porcelain, a thin almost transparent type of porcelain that here, illuminated by LEDs, appears translucent.
/Magnus af Petersens, excerpt from text about the project.

"Miniatyrvärldarna öppnar sig som smala slitsar och skrevor där den sista eftereldens tecken lyser och vägleder."
/Susanna Slöör, Omkonst