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The Motbok was a booklet handed out by the Swedish state alcohol monopoly in an attempt to curb alcohol consumption, in full force on a national level from 1919 up until 1955. Those fortunate enough to be considered having the social status respectable enough to receive one, would get each ration declared and stamped in this little pile of papers. It became as much of a status symbol as it did a symbol for the societal divisions that summoned it into existence. I thought I would have a go at it. Kitchen foil, paper clips, potato stamps, ink and grease on oven burnt paper. Text on the left, image to the right. This is a kitchen sink melodrama. Changing of hands is forbidden.

K4 is supported by the Norwegian Cultural Ministry and Oslo Kommune Kulturetaten.

Katarina Sylvan (b.1989) is Swedish artist based in Paris, London and Stockholm. Through sculpture, writings, images and sounds, her work investigates language’s tangled relationship to the phenomena it tries to describe. She holds an MA in Fine Art Sculpture from the Royal Collage of Art in London and a BA in Fine Art from Konstfack University of Arts & Crafts in Stockholm, and her work has received awards from the Kenneth Armitage Foundation, Konstakademien, Gilbert Bayes Trust and Konstnärsnämnden among others. Recent and upcoming exhibitions include Intersticio, London, Cylinder Gallery, Seoul, Sonnenstube, Lugano, Non-Space, Aarhus, Platform, Stockholm, Deformal, New York and K4 Galleri, Oslo. She is currently in residence at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris.