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BOOK OF BOREDOM
BOOK OF BOREDOM
BOOK OF BOREDOM

© Ida Ekblad, courtesy of Galerie Max Hetzler. Image credit: Nick Turpin, courtesy of Sculpture in the City

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A monumental, painted sculpture in bronze, Ida Ekblad's 'BOOK OF BOREDOM', 2022, combines fragments from the artist's own expressive paintings. Emblematic of her radical take on medium specificity, the work sees Ekblad bring disparate remainders of flat artworks stacked together in a gravity-defying, three-dimensional manner. Initially, Ekblad follows the same approach as her paintings: 'cutting, uniting and assembling shapes and forms', before hand painting onto bronze-cast structures as though they were canvases, defying the medium's supposed demand for flatness. Conveying a rich sense of abundance and corporality, 'BOOK OF BOREDOM' presents a vibrant composition filled with fragmented, angular patterns and shapes, merging elements of figuration and abstraction.

Sculpture in the City

London

Title

BOOK OF BOREDOM

Date

2022

Medium

hand-painted bronze cast

Measurements

H 300 x W 169 x D 110 cm

Accession number

EC2N_SITC_BOOK

Acquisition method

on loan to Sculpture in the City, 13th Edition, 2024–2025

Work type

Sculpture

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at all times

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London, Greater London England

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