Heart
Heart
Heart
Heart
Heart
Heart
Heart
Heart
Heart
Heart
Heart
Heart
Heart
Heart
Heart

Heart

26.250,00 kr

Sif Itona Westerberg

Material: Carrara Bianco C Marble
Year: 2025
Dimensions: 35h × 25w cm
Edition: 12 + 4 Artist’s Proofs (AP)
Price: 26.250 DKK per object (incl. 5% artist’s VAT)
Availability: Made to order
Delivery Time: 8-10 weeks.

Description

Heart depicts a serene upper body intertwined with branching organic forms that rise across the chest. The relief balances human anatomy and vegetal growth, turning the marble surface into a living membrane where body and nature merge. The soft curves of the lips and the quiet upward movement suggest renewal and connection rather than rupture.

Carved by hand in Carrara marble, the work carries both fragility and permanence. Each edition varies slightly in veining and depth, revealing Westerberg’s attention to the tactile dialogue between the carved line and the living form it evokes.

What aspect of the inner life does Heart address?
The emotional chamber: the first aperture toward aliveness, sensitivity, and relational openness.

How is this expressed in the work’s form?
Through softened openings and organic emergence that signal a direct line to feeling and responsiveness rather than protection.

Why does Heart avoid sentimentality?
The piece frames emotion as structural, not decorative—an infrastructural part of being human.

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Sif Itona Westerberg

Sif Itona Westerberg is a Danish visual artist whose work spans sculpture, installation, and drawing, often exploring the blurred boundaries between mythology, technology, and the natural world. Born in 1985 and based in Copenhagen, Westerberg is known for her ability to merge ancient symbolism with contemporary materials—creating a body of work that feels both archaeological and futuristic.

At the heart of her practice lies an investigation into how we create meaning across time. Drawing from classical sculpture, digital aesthetics, and science fiction, she constructs complex, layered forms that often resemble artifacts unearthed from an imagined civilization. Her pieces may evoke fragments of bodies, vessels, or relics, yet they resist clear categorization—inhabiting a liminal space between past and future, human and machine.

Westerberg often works in cast materials such as concrete, resin, and metal, manipulating their surfaces with intricate patterns or embedded forms. These materials, typically associated with permanence or industrial utility, are transformed into delicate, even poetic expressions. Her visual language is tactile and enigmatic, inviting viewers to project their own narratives onto each work.

In recent years, Westerberg has exhibited widely across Scandinavia and Europe, earning critical recognition for her thoughtful material investigations and distinctive aesthetic. Her work reflects a growing interest in how technology and mythology intersect—and how these forces shape our understanding of identity, memory, and origin.

Through a practice that is both rigorous and intuitive, Sif Itona Westerberg offers a quietly radical take on sculpture in the 21st century.