(b. 1985, Skara)
This Lonesome Valley
Carboard, paper, glue, graphite, coloured pencils
Podiums: 91 cm high, 31 cm wide
Lily of the valley: 37 cm high,
Leaves: 8.5 cm wide
Crane: 20.5 cm high, 13.5 cm wide
The stories found in the art of Martin Eltermann are drawn from
his surroundings and where he comes from. They are things that he
has been through. They are things that his loved ones have been
through. But primarily, they are things that he believes they have
been through and that he has only heard about.
This lonesome valley is about the fact that we go
through life entirely alone. No one can go through it for us. In a
poem, Harry Martinson wrote that if you have two pennies you should
buy a loaf of bread and a flower. You should have the bread to eat,
it is your food and the flower to understand that life is worth
living. The bread in this sculpture group is the connection. You do
it every day. The flowers are lily of the valley, but that which
also makes life worth living is the day when the cranes come.
