Provenance
Made under confinement. Carried out.
Every work in this body was made by hand. None of it can be made again.
Every work in this body was made by hand under confinement and carried out. The conditions it was made under are over, so the work cannot be repeated. Each piece is one of a kind, and there are no prints and no editions. The artist remains anonymous, and the studio shares the history of the work, not the details of a life.
The premise
The work was made under confinement and carried out. The artist remains anonymous. What the studio offers is the work itself, and its history.
The wager
Work with a history like this is often presented as a cause. Oömlot presents it as work: finished, one of a kind, and impossible to repeat.
The transaction
Every work is one of a kind, made by hand. You are not buying a print or a decoration. You are acquiring a piece from a body of work that is closed, made under conditions that are over.
Who it is for
People who want an original with a history nothing else can have. Who can hold that history without needing the details. Who prefer weight to trend.
Who it is not for
Buyers who need to know the artist. Buyers who want art to match the furniture.
A note about voice
Oömlot speaks quietly.
Oömlot does not perform.
Oömlot does not ask for sympathy.