Saskia Neuman Gallery is proud to present Jakob Solgren Nordenskiöld’s second solo exhibition at the gallery, Another Threshold. Jakob was born 1976 in Shiraz, Iran and grew up in Vimmerby, Småland. He holds an MFA from Konstfack in Stockholm. Jakob Solgren Nordenskiöld is also a lecturer at the Department of Ceramics and Glass at Konstfack, Stockholm.

The exhibition Another Threshold is shaped around a concept of existentialism, where the artist employs each object as part of a larger narrative, a constant reminder of a memory, a place or a voice. The works in the exhibition take form from the artist’s presence and awareness in the objects ability to engage and create dialogue with its surroundings. It is a silent language that moves between the visual and the existential, like reflections, mirroring human life.

Each object carries a story, where the artist’s work is based on a sense of permission and openness. Solgren Nordenskiöld describes this state of being as fragments and syllables, propelled by silence, between him and the object. Time is allowed to pass for several days, weeks, months even. Then, a sound and a voice begin to seep through the limitations of reality; the object’s state changes and positions itself in a new form. It is performative. A visual language without limitations, attempting to communicate.

The concept of agency describes a work of art's ability to interact with its surroundings. It is not a passive receiver in a context of the viewer or through art historical reference; instead, it can be understood as an actor in the creation of its own reception. An artwork’s aesthetic experience relates to its affective qualities, which shape the viewer’s reaction in the present, activating and actualizing in this case the sculpture or painting’s relationship to humanity. The exhibition presents an openness and humility toward the works' own agency, where the artist allows them to command space, and expand within the gallery.

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