The
Adoration of the Magi (Nevermore)
2008
mixed media, radio, party lights, LED-torch, plastic raven, toy gun
270 x 180 x
Bearing the
renowned title of historical paintings depicting the three wise men paying
respect to the newborn Christ, the sculpture compares the encounter of an
art-piece with the worshipping of the sacred; a function of art not alien to
primitive cultures. Quoting Poe’s the
Raven (‘nevermore’) the art object has lost its ability to serve as a
passage to the beyond, becoming a political medium of critique. Simultaneously
functioning as signifier, weapon of interests, celebration and meeting point,
the art piece is at once a receiver and transmitter adrift in an endlessly
complex discourse, a game of association and disassociation where everything is
connected (he-he-he).