[…] be sure that itisthe unpredictable and yet inevitable you will be presented with -the characteristic lines ofan original designer who gives her products an unmistakable and keenly artistic stamp. “Ihave aschismatic relationship with things. On the one hand I love things -each carries its own story and when they are pieced together they tell […]
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[…] By working with them, the “truth tomaterials” style displays and reveals the essence ofthe materials. This results inan emotional distance between the picture and the viewer where artistic convention inthe form ofsymmetry predomi- nates over the natural asymmetry ofmost objects. The symmetry bridges the gap between representation and ornament, and permits awide range ofimages […]
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[…] among architects about the role ofart: on the one hand there isthe high aspiration tointegrate art inarchitec- ture; but atthe same time itisinthe nature ofthings towant the artistic dimension tobe present independently inthe form ofthe architecture itself. On the basis oftwo recent examples one can see how differently the results ofso-called integration can be. […]
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[…] med gråbrun glasur. Glasur: Nathalie Krebs, form: Eva Stæhr-Nielsen. 1965. Foto: Strii- wing. 11. Stoneware vase with greyish brown glaze. Glaze: Nathalie Krebs, form: Eva Stæhr-Nielsen. 11 artistic activity. But life is sometimes different from the way laymen imagine it to be – at any rate as far as ceramics are concerned. Once a […]
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[…] anden samtidig slÃ¥r sig op pÃ¥ en fuld 5til7retters middag affriske sprøde bambusskud. EATING WITH YOUR EYES am Traditional Japanese m V j culture works with 1 artistic depth, reflection M and aesthetic empathy. In the area of food, its cooking and presentation De fleste japanere erhelt pÃ¥ det rene med atfundamentet for deres […]
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[…] work of the Old Royal Factory. There, in the late 1880’s, Arnold Krog had made anew departure, starting aproduction of underglaze-ware which constituted both atechnical and an artistic innovation. To contemporaries its lifelike naturalism appeared the height of modernity. Also, it was considered typically Danish. Landscapes poetically painted, white sails on the Sound, flowers, […]
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[…] CA CD■ 7 More than afew of the makers represented at the biennale operate with sublime freedom in the sculptural field, combining concrete crafts skills with the artistic project. In many cases they liberate the material from regularity and rationality, exposing and processing its characteristics in the pursuit of aesthetic reflection and communicative impact, […]
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[…] design that Design, through products that will create the design icons ofthe broke with old habits, and went future. There’s simply too little innew directions? The discipline artistic integrity inthese things, has become tired, very tired and And by artistic integrity Imean confused. The design ofthe things whether you can see the designer that […]
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[…] GLAZE For the ceramist Bente Skjøttgaard the interplay of form and glaze is a challenge that has to be taken to the outer limits, to where the artistic tension arises. Portrait: By Merete Ahnfeldt-Mollerup Bente Skjøttgaard welcomes me into her small, bright workshop inFrederiksberg. There are pots and vases everywhere inthe room: on the […]
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[…] work on itinatextile way”. Totransform itinto anew statement Nina Hart chose the photograph, the non-material opposite ofatextile and something that has been afavourite tool ofhers throughout her artistic career. She photographed tartan and worked compositionally tocreate anew idiom where the blurred focus becomes striking and produces adifferent signal and adifferent kind ofdepth. Inthe available […]
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