Maria Kristofersson

Thursday 26 January 2023, 16:00 -
Friday 17 March 2023, 16:00

We look forward to welcoming you to our forthcoming Solo Exhibition by Swedish Artist Maria Kristofersson

Line drawings are the basis for her work in clay – delicately coil-built constructions in clay can be seen as three-dimensional drawings. The fragile and vulnerable are juxtaposed with robust and strong shapes. The familiar utilitarian forms of boxes and cylinders act as a canvas for her subtle surface textures.

This new body of work, shown for the first time at Flow Gallery, has a newly expanded, "earthy" colour palette, together with the restrained monochrome colours of terracotta, white and black.

"The container can hide, preserve or protect. It is the intrinsic meaning of its function that interests me, not its practical purpose."

- Maria Kristofersson

Alongside Maria Kristofersson's Ceramics, we will be showcasing Textile Artworks by Claire Benn.

"A piece of cloth (usually linen or hemp) is always my starting point. Earth pigments provide the colour and connect me back to the land. Soya milk binds pigment to cloth and enables me to communicate the visual details found within the landscape. Thread is the final addition, adding quiet accents and a literal surface texture that fingertips can feel. These are my quiet materials, used to make art that evokes solitude, stillness and silence."

Posted In: Ceramics, Textiles
Tagged: Maria Kristofersson, Claire Benn