Pop Cycles (Twister), 2019 - Sharon Van Overmeiren
about this work
Sharon Van Overmeiren made this work within the context of her Pop Cycles Billboard Series – referencing the visual language of traditional ice cream & popsicle advertisements. For this edition, Van Overmeiren developped the three sculptural props used on the Billboard Series into autonomous (wall) sculptures. While the shapes of these sculptures definetly reference popsicles, Van Overmeiren immediatly distorts this reading by adding historical references to the shapes. The shape and colour of the Twister on the billboard referred to the Celtic culture that was dominant in large parts of Europe more than two thousand years ago. While making this edition afterwards, however, the artist decided to repaint the Twister in a blue and yellow.
