Cajsa von Zeipel

Initially gaining notoriety for her large-scale sculptures in plaster and Jesmonite, Cajsa von Zeipel continues her reference to classical sculpture and has developed a complex technique with her shift to silicone-based work all crafted by the artist herself. In an evocation of sci-fi and fantasy aesthetics, the silicone – a material common in implants, sex toys, and kitchen equipment – bring her sculptures to life. Beneath it the bodies are constructed from parts of mannequins, sculpted Styrofoam, and various other materials. Sawing off limbs and reconnecting disparate pieces, von Zeipel destroys their normative bodies. Rather than statically wearing clothes, these reconfigured forms take on uncanny movements. Limbs shake, fingers bend, skin wrinkles, and mouths fall in a manner that mimics our own physicality. In an assertion of femme visibility and sex positive provocation, von Zeipel‘s works celebrate a fantasy world of their own creation.