RICE JUWELS, 1 – 24, 2013 – 2019

Burnt white clay, height 22 cm

24 so-called jewels stand majestically upright, unstable on the smallest floor area. Their tips aspire heavenwards. A breeze could make them tip over. Katharina Rähmi explains: „Its shape comes from the Asian world. A jewel is something very precious, also called grain or rice grain. It symbolizes growth, change and the constant return as a plant.“ The arrangement is reminiscent of an atomic model. Energy and movement are immanent to everything – but still materia and solid matter appear hard and immobile.