Heavy
Matter
Exploring the tension between geological time and industrial force. Karl Haukur creates monuments that speak to the permanence of stone and the resilience of steel.
Series I-IV
CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY
2024
MONOLITH IV
Forged Steel & Basalt
Dimensions240 x 110 x 80 cm
Net Weight850kg
2023
FRACTURE
Raw Granite
Dimensions160 x 90 x 90 cm
Net Weight1200kg
2024
VOID STRUCTURE
Corten Steel
Dimensions300 x 150 x 40 cm
Net Weight420kg
Material
Truth
My practice is not about creation, but subtraction. I look for the form that already exists within the stone, held captive by millions of years of pressure.
Steel provides the skeletal framework, a modern intervention that allows these ancient materials to defy gravity and occupy space in ways that shouldn't be possible.
Exhibitions & Commissions
2024
The Weight of TimeTate Modern, London
2023
Industrial EchoesBerlin Art Week
2022
Permanent CommissionStockholm Public Library
2021
MaterialityGuggenheim, Bilbao
Reykjavík Studio / 64.1265° N, 21.8174° W
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