ELLINOR AURORA AASGAARD

Løsrivelsen
2020-
Campus Ås, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Ås (NO)

In collaboration with Bror Sander Berg Størseth,
as Aurora Sander

commissioned by KORO

A gracefully rippling picnic blanket seems to effortlessly hover just above the ground, as if it is about to be taken by the wind. Next to it, a melon slice, a banana and a piece of cheese are about to be carried away by industrious but unnaturally large ants.

The sculpture enters into a humorous dialogue with another work of art on Campus Ås; Cooling Bag (2004) by Elmgreen & Dragset, a spray-painted bronze cooler that stands alone under a tree on the university grounds.

Read more on the website of KORO

Category
Public Art

Images by Øystein Thorvaldsen