Maija Fox: Hard Shoulders at Gallerie Sinne

In her Hard Shoulders exhibition, Maija Fox addresses the relationship between our culture, labour, and the individual. Her large sculptural installation is mainly constructed out of aluminium and steel and is an interaction with the gallery space and its architectural elements. Fox has been inspired by Finland’s Highway 4 and, more precisely, by a specific motorway bridge that stands in a marsh. Hard Shoulders refers to the motorway verges or breakdown lanes intended for stopping in an emergency. With this title, Fox brings up an existing emergency situation in our society, where the pace and pressure of advances in our surroundings create an ever-growing sense of unease and hopelessness on a personal, but also on a collective, level. She opens out our narrow field of vision to reveal an emptiness that moves in parallel with us on the margins. With her large-scale, technically challenging installation, she urges us to find an entry point to a sideways movement into a sense of security and enveloping calm.

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