Cell 1991

Absalon made this artwork from painted cardboard around 1990. It's not a painting, but let's allow for some imaginative projection here... I'm thinking about what it must have been like to build this cylindrical structure. To manipulate cardboard into these precise geometric forms, painting them in such a way that every surface is smooth and flush. I bet there's a lot of measuring and cutting involved! When I look at this piece, I feel the solitude of the artist—his focus and concentration in creating this pristine 'cell'. Its pure form reminds me of utopian architecture, like a modernist playground for one. I wonder what it would be like to inhabit such a space: would its simple geometry bring clarity, or would its blankness become stifling? Ultimately, artists like Absalon invite us to question our relationship to the world. They propose new ways of seeing and experiencing space, pushing us beyond the familiar and into the realm of the possible.