Florian Weichsberger
In Florian Weichsberger’s Munich studio, next to a scalpel on a cutting mat, there are two small rectangular objects made of a material reminiscent of reconstructed mineral. One is a bar of translucent resin with rutilelike needles of white plastic bristle floating inside. The other is the nailbrush from which these bristles have been taken, their absence revealing neat rows of holes in its surface. For Florian Weichsberger, they are potential jewellery pieces in his new body of work DECONTEXT. Drawer knobs, paintbrushes, cloth hangers and potato peelers – we use them every day, and our eyes and hands no longer even notice them. Studying and transforming unassuming things such as these brings Weichsberger closer to the possible identities of objects. He wonders what value remains after he has literally stripped away their parts. At what point does an object become something completely new?
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