FOS "Palimpsest — Hands Worn Smooth by Coins"

The SCAD Museum of Art presents "Palimpsest — Hands Worn Smooth by Coins" the first solo exhibition in the U.S. by Denmark-based artist FOS.

The practice of FOS blurs distinctions between art, design, object and viewer. The artist skillfully uses the contrast between standard and precious materials as a vehicle to transform complex, metaphysical ideas into relatable objects. FOS works within a creative principle he calls "social design," which exceeds common understandings of social design as an intention for objects to generate social change. FOS, takes this creative philosophy further as he pays close attention to the poetic nuances within dialogues and all the material elements that are in constant negotiation as his works are created and presented. In other words, the artwork in the artist’s vision is treated as a totality that is constantly reshaping the physical and symbolic environment and the viewer.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website