[…] exhibition hall overlooking the water. As a wow effect, the number of works on display has become a concept in the exhibition design, where the unique ceramic sculptures are placed on uniform, square, white podiums, grouped into six large podiums of different heights. On the white surface, the many sculptures stand out in an […]
[…] and I see daylight filtered through the works and transformed into a coherent, musical work that touches other senses than just the visual. Mette Ussing's Changing stick sculpture and Aske Rex's Little Ship are fine examples of this. The works play beautifully together, with their repetitive structures that filter light, and where there is […]
“Jeg kan godt lide den allergi, der er kommet over for de helt billigt producerede møbler” Møbeldesigner, Anne Brandhøj, tager selv kædesaven og fælder de træer, hun bruger i sine designs. Hun ved godt, at der findes mange møbler i verden i forvejen, men har fundet sin egen uperfekte vej i branchen.
[…] alt (Everything Is Connected to Everything), which is a quote by Gro Harlem Brundtland. As expected, the computer-station-like installation in the shop-front window is in fact a sculpture. Many of the other objects inside this former retail space are works of art. Consistently understated. It is like entering a Wunderkammer, a chamber of curiosities, […]
[…] and artworks from the Faroe Islands and the entire Danish territory. Each of the 278 citizens with a flair for knitting was individually encouraged to select a sculpture or artwork in the public space near them that they wanted to reflect upon. Initially, each participant recreated the chosen piece in miniature, measuring 30 x […]
Roots and possibilities ‘My sculpture has roots in Denmark – that is undeniable. The language they speak is filtered through the Danish culture of art and design history. For example, I held a solo exhibition based on my recollection of the colours at Thorvaldsen’s Museum. This Danish background has one meaning when you’re working […]
Jewellery that interacts with the living body – body jewellery There is wonderful jewellery whose practical, functional aspects are subordinate to the role of an autonomous miniature sculpture that may primarily have been intended as an exhibition object, a collector’s item or a potential museum acquisition. In a countermovement to this approach, and not […]
[…] renovated three-storey townhouse from 1899. On the ground floor, the room forms itself around a beautiful brass counter in two semicircles, flanked by abstract paintings, figurative clay sculptures and rustic ceramic pieces, while the ceiling is adorned with a gigantic art deco inspired prism lamp. The owner’s ceramic workshop is also housed on the […]
[…] kappe fjernes står skulpturen glødende tilbage. Jørgen Hansen has built site-fired sculptures inseveral countries including Australia. Ireland. Sweden. Germany and Denmark. When the insulating case isremoved the sculpture is left standing red hot. How do you work tomake your- self visible as aceramist? I’ve never worked tomake myself visible. One should, of course, but […]
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[…] afdet -som en metafor for dagligdagens manglende naturindspark. Værkets intuitive formgiv- ning vidner om en keramiker med mere fokus på det fortællende aspekt end det tekniske. IDEACeramic sculpture group consisting of seven trees -all indifferent forms and colours. Abalancing act between the concept ofatree and its abstraction -like ametaphor for the absence ofnatural elements […]
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