Faldbakken, Matias | Box 4, 2014 — available on Composition Gallery

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// Matias Faldbakken’s Box 4 from 2014 is a limited-edition lithograph that explores themes of consumerism, industrial design, and minimalism. This artwork presents a flattened cardboard box with minimalistic black line details, resembling the bare essentials of packaging. Faldbakken’s approach to depicting such a mundane object transforms it into a subject of contemplation, elevating the overlooked materials of everyday life into art. The simplicity and rawness of the cardboard surface, along with printed symbols and barcodes, reflect society’s relationship with consumption, waste, and utility. This piece subtly invites viewers to reconsider the aesthetics of ordinary objects and the narratives embedded within industrial forms.

Matias Faldbakken (Norway, 1973) is a contemporary artist and author blending conceptual art with raw aesthetics. Known for his provocative installations and sculptures, he critiques consumerism, media, and cultural norms, often recontextualizing everyday objects into thought-provoking works.

Matias Faldbakken

Box 4, 2014

Name: Box 4, 2014
SKU: 2966
Price: 3000.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Form

Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

Medium

Lithograph

LithographLithography is a printing method based on the principle that water and oil do not mix. It can be used to print artwork or text onto paper or other suitable materials. Traditionally, an image was drawn with wax, fat, or oil onto a lithographic limestone surface or plate. Today, metal plates and other surfaces are also used in lithographic printing.

Edition

Edition of 12

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I hate the fact that everything—any damn thing, any action, any protest, any obscenity—sooner or later turns into design.
- Matias Faldbakken

Matias Faldbakken (b. 1973 Denmark) is a Norwegian artist and writer known for his provocative and subversive approach to contemporary art and literature. Faldbakken’s work often explores themes of cultural disruption, social critique, and the breakdown of traditional norms. As an artist, he works across various media, including sculpture, installation, and painting, frequently incorporating found objects and everyday materials in ways that challenge their usual meanings and functions. His art is characterized by a raw, sometimes anarchic energy that confronts viewers with the contradictions and tensions of modern society. Faldbakken is also an accomplished novelist, writing under his own name and the pseudonym Abo Rasul. His novels, much like his visual art, are known for their dark humor, cynicism, and exploration of societal collapse. Faldbakken’s work has earned him a significant place in the international contemporary art scene, where he continues to push boundaries and provoke thought.

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Lettrism is an art form that uses letters, words, and symbols to create artwork. The movement was established in Paris in the 1940s and later gained popularity in the 1950s in America. Lettrisme is the French spelling of the movement's name, derived from the French word for letter.

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Matias Faldbakken

Box 4, 2014

63.5 x 68 cm

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Matias Faldbakken