In Memory of is the first in a series of planned large scale monuments by Åsa Jungnelius. In Memory of is a contemporary obelisk erected on a plinth of glittering flagstone, surrounded by gooey lumps and fat pillars cordoned off by black glass chains.  The obelisk is shiny and black and has a large black patent bow around its middle. The obelisk reaches up skyward, too big for the room, touching the ceiling like an Alice in Wonderland or an oversized Christmas tree. The room is reflected in the obelisk’s blank, black surface. The obelisk,  an ancient symbol of the sun, masculinity, fertility, power and the meeting between the Earth and the Sun. It was developed in the same way as Åsa Jungnelius’s earlier work Storstake: the phallus, symbolises masculinity, decorated with symbols of femininity and vanity: crystals, bows, decorations and furnishings. The private and the public sphere intermingle. The ancient, proud, symbol is raised with great difficulty, worshiped, shipped across the world like a spoil of war, erected again in the cities and the centres of power, meeting the language of girls’ rooms, consumerism and comfort, the vanity of the home and body.