Elin Magnusson

How do you create in a world that has morally collapsed? Why should I adorn a society whose leaders choose to silently watch as children are shot in the head? What I show at PLX is a work of mourning and a personal handling of the genocide in Palestine.

Using the forest, Elin Magnusson explores the meaning of being a human. While the trees provide her with material, animals often act as a link between the human intellect and the inexplicable that we call the soul. The forest is the place that inspires her the most and she is constantly in search of an ultimate language for what the animals and trees convey, a kind of translation. In the work of Magnusson, the roe deer connects that which is beyond words and belongs in the shadows, with the most mundane human activities. Magnusson utilizes many materials and techniques and creates works for both exhibitions and public environments. In recent years, she has focused on working with wood to create sculptures. Her latest public work is located in a roundabout in Eskilstuna and features, among other things, a large spider-like sculpture made of burnt oak. Elin Magnusson (b. 1982) graduated from Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm 2010 and has since then participated in several group exhibitions and solo shows, including The New Museum, New York, GIBCA, Gothenburg, Bonn Art Museum, Kalmar Art Museum and Värmland Museum.