Savage #5 (cozy crutch), 2017, Savage #6 (dirty raver), 2017, Death Drop, 2017, sculpture series
In the sculptures by Swedish artist Anna Uddenberg we see different elements fuse together: twisted female bodies, suitcases, a selfie stick. The female bodies have something sexual – almost pornographic – by their attitude and by the fragments of clothing and accessories: a thong, fake nails, close-fitting trousers. Uddenberg examines certain social codes within subcultures and criticizes the mechanisms that reduce a woman to what she wears or to the makeovers she has undergone. In a broader sense, she comments on the current quantifying self culture – the act of constantly monitoring and controlling your behaviour in order to improve yourself.
