Severed & Joined: The Split Figures of Anders Krisár

Stockholm-based artist Anders Krisár cuts and slices human figures apart and joins them back together in his surreal sculptures. In works like M, a life-size child is divided cleanly down the center and reconfigured into two halves that stand side by side, clasping hands, turning a single body into something both singular and doubled, intact and fractured.

Anders approaches the figure with formal precision. Surfaces are immaculately cast, proportions carefully resolved, and every seam deliberately placed. Rather than exaggerating the violence implied in the split, he contains it within a controlled, almost clinical composition. The figures stand calmly, even tenderly, despite the rupture that defines them. That restraint is what makes the work linger, balancing clarity of form with a quiet psychological weight.

For more of Anders Krisár’s sculptures, head over to his website.

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