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Land Marks
From the Island of Bornholm
13 May - 18 July 2009
This show features crafts from the beautiful
Danish Island of Bornholm which is situated
between Sweden and Germany. It has a long
history of craft making and contains over 100
artists' studios, workshops and a number of art
and craft galleries. Traditionally glass, ceramics
and wood are the Island's most practised media.
The European Glass Context biennale takes
place on Bornholm in the fabulous
Contemporary Art Museum. The local Glass and
Ceramics School is now affiliated with
Denmark's Design School in Copenhagen.
This exhibition of seven Bornholm artists
assembles artworks in a variety of materials,
using a combination of techniques to achieve
simplicity of form and harmony. Working with
mostly natural decorative elements and ideas of
fluidity and light in ceramics and glass, the
exhibition reflects the artists' preoccupations
with their immediate surroundings.
Anne Stougaard produces jugs both in stoneware and
porcelain with pourers reminiscent of beak shapes, which
are decorated with sketches of birds, leaves and other
motifs taken from nature.
Eva Brandt uses the traditional Indian technique of
coiling her pots which she has learnt in New Mexico. Her
vessels are textured to resemble the rocky landscapes
found on Bornholm. In some cases she uses coffee
grounds to achieve these textures.
Hans-Henning Pedersen turns large scale, paper thin
wooden vessels using beech and ash found locally on the
island. He works with the imperfections of the wood
such as knots and discoloration to make vessels of
timeless beauty.
Charlotte Thorup's vessels and wall installations in
porcelain explore the material's inherent duality of
fragility and strength. She achieves harmony and
simplicity in her ceramics by using repetition of pattern
and form.
Else Leth Nissen's glass studio is surrounded by a vast
garden on the edge of a forest. It is no surprise that her
glass bowls and vases are decorated with themes from
nature. She blows and moulds her glass which is then
sand blasted or screen printed with leaves, birds or
acorns motifs.
Maibritt Jönsson and Pete Hunner create fluid glass
bowls and vases delicately decorated with patterns from
nature such as snowflakes and feathers. They enjoy
focusing on the transparency of the glass and reflections
of light on its inner and outer surfaces.
This exhibition is sponsored by the
Embassy of Denmark, London and the
Arts and Crafts Association Bornholm.
For more information and images please
contact Yvonna, Sachiko or Beccy on
0207 243 0782 or e-mail us at
info@flowgallery.co.uk
Notes to Editors
Flow Gallery is at
1 – 5 Needham Road, London W11 2RP
www.flowgallery.co.uk
Flow will be exhibiting at COLLECT from
the 15th - 17th May 2009 at the Saatchi
Gallery, Duke of York's HQ, Kings Road,
Chelsea, London,
SW3 4SQ
Times:
11am - 8pm (Friday and Sturday)
11am - 4pm (Sunday) |
