Invitation til Substans

SUBSTANS 2011

20 outstanding Danish glassmakers
curated by PhD. Pavla Rossini

Opening Friday September 9 th, 5 – 8 pm

PROGRAM:

Opening Speech by Mag. Art. Bodil Busk Laursen
Jesper René performs Maurice Ravels “le giblet” from Gaspard de la Nuit 1909.

The Substance exhibition opens.

Christina Rivett, Else Leth Nissen, Finn Lynggaard, Karen Lise Krabbe, Karin Mørch-Bentzen, Lene Bødker, Lotte Thorsøe, Marianne Buus, Marie Retpen, Micha Karlslund, Ned Cantrell, Per René Larsen, Pernille Braun, Pipaluk Lake, Stig Persson, Susanne Jøker Johnsen, Stine Bidstrup, Tobias Møhl, Torben Jørgensen, Trine Drivsholm.

Bredgade Kunsthandel is proud to present Substance, the first group exhibition with focus on studio glass.

20 sublime artists, who all have glass as their preferred material, show objects with focus on sculptural expression.

The universe of glass involves countless techniques and styles and the varieties of expressions are astonishing.The artistic statements cover a wide spectre all the way from minimalism to popart.

Since the beginning 40 years ago, the Danish studio glass movement has undergone quite a development, and because of its striking and strong character, it now plays an important role in our way of perceiving art.

Today Danish glass artists are renowned on the international glass scene, and SUBSTANCE represents the fruits of several generations’ accomplishments.

Welcome

Annegrethe Davis

BREDGADE KUNSTHANDEL
Bredgade 67-69 – DK-1260 Copenhagen K - +45 33135041
www.bredgade-kunsthandel.dk - Tuesday – Friday 1-6 pm Saturday 11 am – 3 pm – last day 15 th of October. 

Håber vi ses!

Kunsthåndværkerprisen af 1879

Sådan så det ud da vi mødte Dronningen i forbindelse med medaljeoverrækkelsen.
De præmierede værker kan ses på kunstindustrimuseet fra den 24. juni til den 7. august.

Craft2eu

Craft2eu er et dejligt galleri i Hamborg som sælger mine karafler blandt andet.

Kunsthåndværkerprisen af 1879

På tirsdag den 10. maj 2011 skal vi på Københavns rådhus og spise pandekager og møde dronningen.

Anledningen er at vi begge modtager kunsthåndværkerprisen i år. Ned får en sølvmedalje og jeg får bronze.

Værkerne bliver efterfølgende udstillet på Kunstindustrimuseet i København fra den 23. juni til den 7. august 2011.

Virtuoso Vertigo

Den 5. til den 27. februar udstiller Ned på The Glassery i Stockholm. Her er et smugkig og tekst om udstillingen.

Virtuoso Vertigo

A baby riding on a silver rocket, Delicate goblet stems finished with a disposable papercup, Toilet cleaner bottles made with a painstakingly intricate web of Reticello glass, Banana skins that dance and pirouette- there is a visual surplus and simmering dark humor in the work of Ned Cantrell.

With reference to the craftsmanship of the classical age, and in particular the Italian Renaissance, traditional blown-glass is on a crashcourse with contemporary values.

An interest in overseen everyday objects is found in much of Ned Cantrell’s production, which momentarily can lead one’s thoughts to Pop art. However it is Andy Warhol’s reproductions of electric chairs and car crashes rather than his glistening versions of soup cans and cola bottles that are relevant here. When the artist works with everyday objects there always occurs something unpredictable and often threatening.

Ned Cantrell’s fascination of this collision between high and low culture is not without humour. The artist cannot hide his own diabolical pleasure over puncturing the naive innocence. Subsequently complimenting the thought provoking with the grotesquely funny.

julekuglepustning

Vores jule-kugle-pustnings-arrangement var en stor succes, og det kommer vi helt sikkert til at gøre igen.

Nu må vi se om vi kan vente helt til næste jul, eller om der skal pustet påskeæg til påske...