Eckhoff Audun Foreword (1 results)

Softbound. Condition: VG, light shelf and edge wear. First. Red and grey illustrated flexi-wraps with French flaps. 160 pp., with profuse color illustrations. Text in Norwegian and English. Exhibition catalog; Snorre Ytterstad's playfulness and curiosity, combined with his skill as a craftsman and idiosyncratic eye for materials, has earned him a unique position in the Norwegian art world. Everyday objects such as nails, coins, and wall mouldings serve as the starting point for more or less elaborate processes. Through reconstruction, refinement, reduction, or merely a slight relocation, the objects are displaced from their customary surroundings, divested of their original function, and incorporated in new lines of association. They are thereby transformed from everyday objects and utensils to works of art.…