Objects

Earthworm

Bok, Teodor (1947-2007)

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Teodor Bok's fascination with the world of nature, plant and animal, real and fantastic, is evident in his drawings, paintings and sculptures. The knotted earthworm is an interesting transformation of a real individual from the family of ringworms. It lies among scattered stones, nails and rocks, knotted up, with clearly marked rings. It has an elongated, rounded shape, its cephalic part being gently pointed. From the tail part to the head, it is pinned by regularly spaced pairs of nails. In the natural world, earthworms reach from ten centimetres to one metre long, and their streamlined form is clearly marked by rings from which eight short bristles protrude in pairs. Earthworms have the excellent capacity for regeneration, being able to reconstitute up to half of their body, provided they have retained rings 9-20.

Although seemingly only a modest black and white image of a nailed (to what end?) earthworm, the decorative frame and the yellowish decorative paper used as a background give it uniqueness and emphasise individuality, absent in the natural world. Once again, the question of freedom and its limits, belonging to each individual, arises.

Renata Piątkowska

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Information about the object
Author / creator
Bok, Teodor (1947-2007)
Object type
drawing
Time of creation / dating
21st century
Place of creation
Kopenhagen (Denmark)
Technique
drawn
drawn
Material
paper
ink
Keywords
Copyrights status
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Owner
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Identification number
MPOLIN-M60
Localization
The object is not currently on display
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