LELLO//ARNELL
The photograph features sixteen boxes loaded with cause-and-effect machines. The boxes are connected by openings which lead the narrative of the piece through a linear motion through - and finally out of - the photograph. The work seeks to explore ideas about history and how it shapes our societies and how certain interpretations come to be regarded as facts. In the piece, the overture to a historical event has been deconstructed and represented in a less-than-explicit manner, forcing the viewer to pure guess-work as to what event is being described. However, there should be enough ambiguous hints to lead the viewer to believe he has found the correct one
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LELLO//ARNELLJørgen Craig Lello & Tobias Arnell
Born, 1978 // 1978, in Fredrikstad, Norway // Lund, SwedenLives and works in Oslo, NorwayArtistic expression: Sculpture and photography
Artist statementJørgen Craig Lello & Tobias Arnell have collaborated since 2003 and utilize logically broken lines of thought, false statements and fictional scenarios in their examination of how the world is interpreted and understood.
They primarily work with sculpture, though it often bleeds into photography, collage and image-works. Visually, the pieces hold a resigned trash- and DIY-aesthetic, with pretensions of slickness. Though the works are fundamentally idea-based, they are saturated with a strong, underlying material and sculptural disposition.
Their work questions basic social structures and methods, and their validity. By using historical documents, symbols and events, a wide range of interconnected concepts are subjected to a deconstructive process which emanates in a skewed perception of «the big picture».
The main theme in the works is the way the topics have been treated, which constructs an interpretation that feels complete, though invalid, or even preposterous.
