Terracotta brick, terracotta pebbles, fabric, grains of wheat, metal partsCroy Nielsen
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.
The artwork features an abstract, expressionistic figure fashioned from various wooden components and textures. The piece employs a warm, earthy color palette predominantly in shades of terracotta, with accents of beige and flecks of white. The composition is dynamic, with the figure's limbs and joints appearing to be articulated, creating a sense of movement and flexibility. The overall style suggests a primitive, folk-inspired aesthetic, evoking a sense of the handmade and the organic. This sculptural work likely explores themes of the human form, materiality, and the intersection of functionality and artistic expression. ...
“The common woman is as common as a thunderstorm”, says the woven writing of Birke Gorm’s hanging fabrics made of jute. Gorm works with archaic materials of metal, terracotta, jute or wood, incorporating a range of techniques, such as woodcarving, stitching, writing, and flexing. The artist’s practice explores womanhood and solidarity, expressed in powerful and assuring terms. Her sculptural works depict human-shaped figures made out of found and collected over time terracotta bricks and peebles, with pots and jugs in the place of heads and faces. On their stomachs are fabrics and cushions which carry keychains, nails, bolts, champagne corks, and other accidental objects. Pregnancy is depicted as not a weakening, bed-bounding female destiny, but a moving, fierce power. The common woman can be any woman, and any woman is an empowered force fueling collective solidarity. ...
move (from the marrow to the bone, from the bone to the muscle, from the muscle to the skin, from the skin to the hair, and from the hair) away from here, 2017
In 2016 Croy Nielsen moved from Berlin to Vienna, where it is located in the beletage apartment of a historical building in the 1st district. The gallery was founded by Oliver Croy (AT) and Henrikke Nielsen (DK). Artists such as Nina Beier, Marie Lund, and Benoît Maire, have been part of the program since its inception, and were later joined by Olga Balema, Georgia Gardner Gray, and Sandra Mujinga. Vienna-based artists include Ernst Yohji Jaeger, Joanna Woś, and Soshiro Matsubara. The gallery has strong ties to the Nordic region, representing several artists from the Scandinavian contries and regularly participating in fairs and projects in the area. ...
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