Counter consists of installation and collage that explore the dissolution between the synthetic and the natural. By using everyday, manageable objects, the works examine how these items shape the way we interact with our surroundings and the interplay that emerges. The pieces challenge ideas of value, production, and desire, highlighting the invisible forces that shape our relationships with the material world.

A glass shelf, painted with milk and pigment, old style. A display. A pantry. A display of rubbish. Candle holder with shell, mother of pearl, oil pastel with mother of pearl pigment from a lab.
Heritage.
A 3d-printed bong for a puppet. Sleeping medicine for max daytime rest before nightshifts, full time.

THE HOME.

Filter that stopped filtering.

Tool, function. Broken torx and a flint ax from the Stone Age.
Design, model.
Categorization of objects.
Real, imitation or proxy.

Erik Hällman

Erik Hällman (b. 1987 in Hedemora, Sweden) is interested in the complex and sometimes psychedelic patterns that emerge when industry and capital infiltrate the city, the landscape, and our inner lives.

He received his MFA from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2020. He has previously exhibited at venues such as the Danish Printmakers’ House, Copenhagen, UGO Experimental Platform, Malmö, Den Frie, Copenhagen, Kunsthal Augustiana, Augustenborg, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, and Molekyl Gallery, Malmö.