Salt/soda - embers - flames - ashes Charlotte Thorup exhibits together with Ann Linnemann, Sten Lykke Madsen, Ane-Katrine von Bulow and Hans Vangsø. They show their ceramic objects, which are especially marked by their firing in gas, oil or wood fired kiln: salt/soda - embers - flames - ashes. LINK: Charlotte Thorup - Ane-Katrine von Bülow - Ann Linnemann - Sten Lykke Madsen - Hans Vangsø
Thoughts behind the pieces - Charlotte Thorup: ”I am fascinated by patterns and repetition, dimensions and connections, and I am inspired by both nature and the city. It may be a field with the rhythm of the wheat or a building, where my attention are caught by a contrast, a new dimension. This interest appears in my ceramic work.
I enjoy working in a harmonious and simple way. It has led me to a technique where I form thin sheets of clay connecting them in various ways. Guided by my curiousity I allow module by module to lead me towards a new form where small unities appear as one large piece.
Presently I make several objects that belong to each other and hang on a wall. Again a united whole.. created by modules. The viewer is invited to look at the piece from different angles where new balances and connections appear.
I mainly work in porcelain, because I like the inherent doubleness of this material.. between strength and fragility. In my choice of colour I let simplicity rule, where the pieces own light and shadow effects create the 'colour'.
Finally I choose salt-glazing my ceramics, which is an ancient tradition. At high temperature salt connects with the clay and creates the glaze. This way of working is in one way unpredictable, because a salt-kiln partly 'lives its own life', and often adds the process an independent character to the pieces.”
2011(subject to change) 6 - 22 JANUARY A touch of... Charlotte Thorup exhibits together with Ann Linnemann, Sten Lykke Madsen, Ane-Katrine von Bulow and Hans Vangsø. They show their ceramic objects, which especially are marked by their firing in gas, oil or wood fired kilns: salt/soda - embers - flames - ashes. LINK: Charlotte Thorup - Ane-Katrine von Bülow - Ann Linnemann - Sten Lykke Madsen - Hans Vangsø
27 JANUARY - 26 FEBRUARY Light & porcelain Margaret O'Rorke from England exhibits unique light installations made in transparent porcelain. The translucency of fine high-fired porcelain captures her imagination and leads her to create thrown sculptural forms that give light. Ideas stem from the nature of the material, forms that can grow from the potter's wheel, the process of firing and a sense of adventure with light and space. LINK: Margaret O'Rorke
3 - 26 MARCH In play Lis Ehrenreich & Mikael Jackson DK The ceramic pieces by Lis Ehrenreich & Mikael Jackson DK are set 'in play' and create a new dialogue. This exhibition shows ornamental variations from the installation 'Flying Carpet', where the shadow creates an oriental carpet, to vessels containing motives of a Middle Eastern cultural heritage.
1 - 30 APRIL In the Woods - Peder Rasmussen DK The exhibition consists of various series of figures and plates, which are made during the winter 2010-11, where Peder Rasmussen has experimented with the old Italian maiolica-technique, he first time discovered, when he in 1970 for a period of time lived in Faenza, the home-town of faïence. LINK: Peder Rasmussen
5 - 28 MAJ Branch objects - Martin Bodilsen Kaldahl DK What can a branch stump talk about? - Why make it in ceramics? - What wondering does it start? - And when is it even a branch stump. LINK: Martin Bodilsen Kaldahl
1 - 25 JUNI Weight - Elisa Helland Hansen - Norway At this exhibition Elisa Helland-Hansen invites the visitor to lift up the cups – see, touch, close the eyes and sense weight and gravity. LINK: Elisa Helland Hansen
1 - 30 JULI Wild & vigorous - Marianne Nielsen & Marianne Krumbach DK In July, the gallery shows a wild and vigorous Summer exhibition of new work by the emerging Danish artists Marianne Nielsen and Marianne Krumbach. LINK: Marianne Nielsen - Marianne Krumbach
4 - 27 AUGUST Clay & drawing - Kirsten Christensen DK Exhibition of large Italian oil-pastel drawings with ceramic object applied and framed. Small flat houses with photos of studio, women and animals, and at last a sitting skeleton. "Death at last for all of us – important is a life before death." LINK: Kirsten Christensen
1 - 30 SEPTEMBER Extrudox A/S - Steen Ipsen & Anne Tophøj DK “EXTRUDOX A/S is a collaboration, where we research and challenge the ceramic technique: extruding. We have used this project as a play ground and a free space away from usual methods and projects, to discover and take in new ceramic land, challenge each other and try on own boundaries. LINK: Steen Ipsen - Anne Tophøj
6 - 29 OCTOBER Coupling - Pipaluk Lake & Jesper Palm DK Exhibition of glass by Pipaluk Lake and photography by Jesper Palm. For this project the artists have challenged their usual work methods. For years, each of them have collected scrap glass objects of various kinds. This collection is their starting point for the exhibition. Pipaluk Lake deforms and transforms the objects Jesper Palm uses the given objects in still-life photo settings, where the light plays an important role. LINK: Pipaluk Lake - Jesper Palm
I am a ceramic artist, potter and designer. In 1983, I completed a traditional four-year Danish apprenticeship in studio pottery at H. A. Kähler, DK. In 1998, I graduated as a ceramic designer from the Denmark Design Academy (now: KADK) in Copenhagen. Important influences in my work are travels and studio residencies in Japan, the USA at Archie Bray Foundation and Arizona State University, Canada at Banff Arts Center, China, Australia, South America, Egypt and Europe. I enjoy teaching and have developed a great interest in promoting ceramic art, collaboration projects and developing international relationships. In 2001-2007, I worked as the director of the International Ceramic Research Center - Guldagergaard in Denmark. In my studio, I design and produce hand-thrown series of functional tableware in porcelain, stoneware and earthenware. I also work with sculptural vessels embodied with elements of the human form and glaze painting. The sculptures reference my fascination with various cultures, the human body and mind. My studio and gallery is located in Copenhagen City. Ann Linnemann Gallery, Kronprinsessegade 51, 1306-K Copenhagen.
Charlotte Thorup exhibits together with Ann Linnemann, Sten Lykke Madsen, Ane-Katrine von Bulow and Hans Vangsø. They show their ceramic objects, which are especially marked by their firing in gas, oil or wood fired kiln: salt/soda - embers - flames - ashes.
I enjoy working in a harmonious and simple way. It has led me to a technique where I form thin sheets of clay connecting them in various ways.
Presently I make several objects that belong to each other and hang on a wall. Again a united whole.. created by modules. The viewer is invited to look at the piece from different angles where new balances and connections appear.
I mainly work in porcelain, because I like the inherent doubleness of this material.. between strength and fragility.
Finally I choose salt-glazing my ceramics, which is an ancient tradition. At high temperature salt connects with the clay and creates the glaze. This way of working is in one way unpredictable, because a salt-kiln partly 'lives its own life', and often adds the process an independent character to the pieces.”
