Media gods
Anton ÄrlundAnton Ärlund utilizes the tactile depth of gum bichromate to render the friction between ancient devotion and the modern image. In this work, a draped figure bows before a monumental structure, caught in a heavy silence where the boundaries between flesh, fabric, and stone begin to dissolve.
Media gods
Anton Ärlund utilizes the tactile depth of gum bichromate to render the friction between ancient devotion and the modern image. In this work, a draped figure bows before a monumental structure, caught in a heavy silence where the boundaries between flesh, fabric, and stone begin to dissolve.
35 × 28 cm · about ⅕ the width of a 3-seat sofa
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Media gods
Anton Ärlund
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From the artist, Anton Ärlund
Media gods is a gum bichromate print that blends the language of ritual and the landscape of modern culture. A lone figure crouches at the base of a monumental form, both shielded and tethered by a draped cloth. The scene suggests worship, burden, and submission — a meditation on power, image, and belief. The gum bichromate process deepens the sense of unease: grain, color, and texture blur into something both photographic and painterly, fragile yet permanent.
A ritual of shadow and stone in the digital age
In Media gods, Ärlund explores the weight of belief through a composition that feels pulled from a forgotten archive. A solitary figure is positioned at the foot of a towering, monolithic form, wrapped in a cloth that serves as both a protective shroud and a tether of submission. The landscape is one of psychological gravity, where the act of worship is inextricable from the burden of the icons we construct.
The gum bichromate process is central to the work’s uneasy atmosphere, stripping away photographic clarity in favor of a gritty, painterly texture. This technique allows grain and color to bleed together, creating a surface that feels physically fragile yet enduring. By blending the visual language of ritual with the textures of a vintage print, Ärlund captures a haunting meditation on how power and image command our attention.
The artist uses this historical printing method to create a blurred, grainy surface that sits between a photograph and a painting.
The composition uses a crouching figure and draped fabric to evoke a sense of submission and the heavy burden of belief.
A monumental form dominates the frame, serving as a focal point for modern worship within a desolate setting.
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