Julius von Bismarck Origin Sacrifice Board, 2025
Compressed wood strands, taxidermied animals, plants, textiles, cables, brass frame
167,2 x 118,2 x 2 cm (unframed)
169 x 120 x 4 cm (framed)
169 x 120 x 4 cm (framed)
The work consists of a wooden panel into which plants and animals have been pressed using an innovative process. This particular work features a stork carrying a jute fabric bag in its bill, conveying a well-known folklore fable of bringing babies to new parents. A quirky addition is a tracker device attached to the stork's leg.
The work is from Julius von Bismarck's series titled OOOSB, which presses animals, plants and vestiges of civilization into a mass of wood shavings using heavy industrial compression techniques. The artist presses worlds in which the history of the material merges with that of the pictorial worlds into the panels.