May Tveit is an artist that makes large sculpture and installation work. The work shown in the images below are specifically from a series Tveit created titled Universal Boxes. The medium of this work is cardboard. With this body of work Tveit wanted to explore the transformation of this everyday somewhat ignored material.
Her interest in cardboard began during a residency she completed at the Lawrence Paper company. During her time there the factory workers would make large sheets of cardboard for her which she would cut using their prototyping table.
While some may not believe that cardboard hols any special meaning as Tveit worked more with the medium she described that she began to think out it in a more metaphorical way. As cardboard is something that holds, protects, and transports things. Looking at this work you can see that there are numerous layers of flat cardboard that have been cut. Tveit has spoken about how her decision to work with flat pieces of cardboard is because she was intrigued when at the factory looking at the flat cardboard boxes because they had yet to fufill their purpose.
I enjoy how her work transforms the cardboard into a new sort of cleaner appearance where it also takes a second to realize what it is. It is also interesting to hear the concept and motivations behind the work.
Citations
Youtube: May Tveit – Universal Boxes
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