Katja Larsson: Bone, Thew, Ichor, Blood (I) and Bone, Thew, Ichor, Blood (II)

In Katja Larsson’s photographic and sculptural works, kelp and deer antlers appear to exchange physical characteristics. Both materials were collected on the Isle of Skye, where the artist found them along the shoreline.

The sculptures depicted in the photographs are casts taken from natural objects. The kelp takes on an almost bone-like appearance, while the antlers appear soft and organic through their casting in silicone rubber. The works explore transformations between different forms of life and material states.

The photographs are silicon-mounted on Plexiglas or glass and presented in sculptural frames created by the artist. Installed at a slight angle against the wall, the works evoke the display methods of natural history museums.

Katja Larsson (born 1987) is a Swedish artist based in London. She received an MFA from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2015 and a BA with First Class Honours in Fine Art Photography from the Glasgow School of Art in 2013.

In 2013, she was shortlisted for the Saatchi Gallery’s New Sensations Award and participated in a group exhibition at Victoria House in Bloomsbury, London.

The works were donated to SSE Art Initiative by Krister Sundling and Magnus Wärn of Sundling Wärn Partners.