Today a fascination for new and ancient industrial manufacturing processes drives artists and craftspeople to cross the border between art and industry. This is happening at a moment when certain industries in Europe seem to be on the brink of disappearing. It is the industrial production facilities that are the guiding factors for these artists’ activities in the aesthetic field. But what do the artists bring back to the art scene from their ventures into what used to be a veiled area of Western manufacturing culture?
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‘The relationship between human beings and machines has been my main focus for the last fifteen years’, says Jens Erland, one of five Norwegians participating in the sixth Gyeonggi International Ceramix Biennale in Korea.
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Silver Prizes to Trine Hovden and Flora Metamorphicae, 20-year-old gets facelift and international focus, International seminar in Oslo: Home as a historical and contemporary context,
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Research project comes to a close, Konrad Mehus Retrospective, ‘SLUMP – Luck by Chance’ in Arendal,
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Works by ceramic artist Heidi Bjørgan often consist of casts from objects she finds in the street. This summer she will exhibit works in London and Karlsruhe.
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A ‘hasty’ conference and exhibition in Bergen will focus on the speed of arts and crafts and their social function.
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He defines himself as an Abstract Expressionist and is known for burning monumental sculptures in a large wooden kiln he himself has built. Ceramicist Torbjørn Kvasbø is considered a leading artist in his field and exhibits regularly in Asia, Europe and the USA. This October he makes time in his busy schedule to show new works at Kunstnerforbundet in Oslo.
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This article was first published in the Norwegian crafts magazine khVerk 1, 2009. Norwegiancrafts.no has translated it and re-publishes it in this issue to give insight into how ceramic artists have explored the equipment and mechanisms of the first Norwegian porcelain factory.
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