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Helena Mellberg What are they for? 16-30 Nov 2024
Vernissage Sat November 16 at 12-16
“Those savages competing for our space and resources. Those with languages we don’t understand and who are better off without us. Who has a soul, an intrinsic value only by virtue of their existence in a world dominated by man?
My sculptures have partly emerged from these reflections. But also from the fact that they appeared in my head. The animals, that is. Wolves with a flair for drama, crazy wild horses and lions with attitude, all telling anecdotes from their lives. The wild horse urged me in English :
“You better make me look free and cool with a golden heart”.
I try to do them justice using durable clay that can withstand the dramatic firings of raku and nude raku, a process as dramatic and fragile as those I want to portray.”
Helena Mellberg
Since her artistic education in the early 2000s, Helena Mellberg has worked with clay as an expression in various forms. From the turned to the sculptural, in recent years with a greater focus on sculpture. She strives to convey the tactile nature of working with clay and the tension between the fragility and hardness of the fired shard.
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