Failure - Stefan J Schaffeld

Failure

My work explores ideas of materiality and language, of form and content, of intentionality and not-knowing. The combination of my typed text and my material works (images) are connected and one does not work without the other. As my approach is a visceral one, materiality goes through my hands.

Materiality in a wider sense comprising physical materials as well as linguistic materials. with the viewer-reader and goes beyond my control or intention.

The title of the work is ‘Failure’, and one could reflect one what I failed to do, or whether I succeeded in failing.

All is connected, and it appears that the small works might even open up towards a wider cultural context of meaning.

But this resides with the viewer-reader and goes beyond my control or intention.

by Stefan J Schaffeld

Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 - fabric, acrylic paint

Fig. 4 - 7 - fabric, acrylic paint

Fig. 8 and 9 - fabric, acrylic paint

Reference:

- Lange-Berndt, P. (2015) 'lntroduction / How to Be Complicit with Materials', in: Lange-Berndt, P. (ed.) Moteriolity, Documents of Contemporory Art, London: Whitechapel Gallery and The MIT Press, pp.12 - 23.

- Louisiana Channel (2074) Olofur Eliasson lnterview: The Shape of on ldea, video in terview, At:

- Serra, R. (1967-68) Verblist. New York: MoMA. At: works/152793

- Lange-Berndt, P. (2015) 'lntroduction / How to Be Complicit with Materials', in: Lange-Berndt, P. (ed.) Moteriolity, Documents of Contemporory Art, London: Whitechapel Gallery and The MIT Press, pp.12 - 23.

- Louisiana Channel (2074) Olofur Eliasson lnterview: The Shape of on ldea, video interview, At: https://youtu.be/M1XZ17DCJng (Accessed on 10 Jul 2020).

- Serra, R. (1967-68) Verblist. New York: MoMA. At: https://www.moma.org/collection/ works/152793 (Accessed o n 01 J u l 2020).