[…] arkitekter eller ingeniører formår. PICTURES IN BUILDINGS BUILDING MATERIALS 5 by Morten Lund Applied art is narrative pictures and textural effects formed in close dialogue with the material and main- tained over time and space in the work. Hand and mind. Applied art is about ideas expressed in things. We live in aknowledge-based society. […]
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[…] proofs of the fact that, if you delve deeply into the technical aspects of your craft and then, as a result of an intimate knowledge of the material, investigate and select the possibility most suited to the form with which it is to be combined, then a‘part-time artist’ is an artist-craftsman. When we look […]
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[…] of these two concepts together? Does craft art have any role inthe post-industrial information society? Or isthe idem tity ofthe craft artist so closely bound up with material culture that aredefinition isno longer possible? This article will -ifnot answer -atleast try tojustify these questions. In an analysis the semiotician Mario Perniola gives an account of […]
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[…] Karl Gustav Hansen How much issilver misused merely to satisfy ahour- geois ambition, and how often does that purpose really justify the use of the fairly costly material? Those questions rise out of the conscience of asilversmith, and even ifIdo not hope to be able to change the present state of affairs Imight be […]
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[…] 1948 97 Axel Salto: Vase iden knoppede stil. Den kgl. Porcelainsjabrik. 1949 Stoneware from Denmark By Merete Bodelsen In Denmark stoneware was introduced fairly recently as aceramic material. Nevertheless, itislargely due to our stoneware that we have been able to retain the inter- national reputation in the field of ceramics which our late 19th […]
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[…] was challenged by the young craft artists and designers. Art and design historian Lars Dybdahl reviews the period when boundaries between artist-craftsmanship and design were broken down, material-mixing and sustainability became the watchwords, and Danish Design acquired anew “global” temperament. By Lars Dybdahl The 1980s -the design decade’ -rocked the boat internationally for all […]
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[…] breasts are jewellery that teases us with its play on layering. They lie outside the clothes, but have borrowed the bra principle by using straps and thin material. They are unprotected, but reflect the hidden. The idea isthat you put on athird breast wherever on the body you want to. On your back ifyou […]
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[…] multiple expression, but perhaps especially inthe experience ofthe basic premises ofits genesis. What can surfaces do. with which everyone works, and what can the tools and the material do? The painter (insofar as the person in question works within the confines ofthe canvas, as many no longer do) experiences atype oflimitation which involves not […]
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[…] RETRO AND BACK AGAIN By Bjarne Kildegaard The history ofstyle isfull ofrecycling. Aesthetic forms that have long since ceased tofascinate artists, designers and consumers suddenly re-emerge inour material universe tocaptivate, fascinate and inspire. Historically, one ofthe first retro styles was Classicism, around the beginning ofthe nineteenth century. With inspiration from ancient Rome and Athens […]
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[…] scepticism about such concepts as “progress” and “innovation” might be due to the fact that amid the sixties’ optimism about growth, he was obliged to note that material prosperity does not necessarily result in har- monious and problem-free conditions for life. It ishere that the artist — among others — will play an important […]
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