The two artists do not only share an interest in the forces of nature, but also in the poetry of the physical world, and balance what can best be described as fleeting lightness and material substance in their respective media.
Amanda Seibæk is inspired by autotheory, in which multiple fields of knowledge are connected, and theory and philosophy are blended with autobiography, in her attempt to answer how scientific explanations can become poetic images. The body of work created for the exhibition, consisting of both paintings and prints, presents itself as a cyclical history based on natural phenomena like the marsh as a place of regeneration, and thunder as the disruption of the existing order, and finally ice, representing an achieve that allows for history to repeat itself.
The work of Japanese ceramicist Daito Takefusa is also inspired by nature and the longer time frames of the world. Appear-ing both familiar and relatable yet alien and foreign, Takefusa’s work is created through mainly hand modeling and press molding and the work takes on the shape of a kind of archeological find.
Enthused by the uncertainty of the physical world, Takefusa’s work gives shape to the abstract and invisible, like the im-mense forces of nature, in his highly tactile work. And in this way, the objects serve, so to speak, as a whisper of the meta-physical world.
Enthused by the uncertainty of the physical world, Takefusa’s work gives shape to the abstract and invisible, like the im-mense forces of nature, in his highly tactile work. And in this way, the objects serve, so to speak, as a whisper of the meta-physical world.
Kilde: Arden Asbæk Gallery