Standards of living: instead of holding you I’m holding this, 2023
183 x 21. 6 x 18 cm
wood, cable ties, print on forex, screw
Standards of living: white wood with cut-out, 2023
wood, photo, magnet
157.8 x 24.5 x 9 cm
Standards of living: Paul middlefinger, 2023
print on forex, wood, aluminium, tube clip
164.3 x 21.5 x 11 cm
Standards of living: Dad taught me (…), 2021,
122.3 x 9.3 x 5.3 cm
various pieces of wood, pen on forex and white thumbtack
Standards of living: Card on standard (Paul XXXXXX),
2020, 127 x 14.6 x 32 cm
paper postcard on triplex, screws and various pieces of wood
These standards play with the tension between a functional support holding something upright for display or being an actual sculptural element and equal part of the whole. They also balance between being able to stand on their own or that they are vulnerable and nearly falling.
Credits: Tommy Smits