BARBRO ÅBERG
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Keramiske skulpturer i Kolding By Lars Hedebo, Politiken "I FREDAGS slog Galleri Pagter i Kolding dørene op for en udstilling med en af de helt store keramikere, Barbro Åberg. På udstillingen viser Åberg et udvalg af keramiske skulpturer og unika, hvoraf nogle tager udgangspunkt i hendes modellerede, flettede konstruktioner. Andre værker er eksperimenter lavet på papirforme. Barbro Åberg er er uddannet på Kunsthåndværkerskolen i Kolding 1988, og siden 1990'erne har hun udelukkende arbejdet med keramiske skulpturer. Hendes unikke formsprog har resulteret i et stort antal fine og spændende udstillinger i USA, Frankrig, Holland, Schweiz, Storbritannien, Japan, Sverige og herhjemme." |
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The Skeleton of Existence: Barbro Åberg's ceramic oeuvre By Louise Mazanti Ph.D in contemporary craft "Barbro Åberg’s working process is characterized by an ability to work with a non-directive mind, allowing impulses from her deeper intuition to manifest. By creating from this existential openness, the sculptures come into life from this place beyond the known, manifest reality. They speak to us from a place afar and call us into presence, touched by the depth they provide. They remove us from our given time and space - the moment and the context - and bring us to places within ourselves that we rarely explore. The undefined, non-rational, the unknown. The silent space where we’re simply human, experiencing the vastness of existence." |
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Barbro Åberg: Traces of Time By Trudy Golley Ceramics: Art and Perception No. 81 2010 p. 52 "Using elements drawn from the natural world as a jumping off point for her forms had always interested Åberg and her ceramic compositions fire the imagination as they draw the viewer into the enigmatic tension of the micro/macro experience. The forms call to mind images of scanning electron microscopy of Radiolarian micro-fossils. There is the sense that we might be observing a close-up of a cell structure or tiny cross-section of bone and then the view suddenly expands out to a geologic scale. We are taken from a place of intimacy to the sublime. Each piece enters into a dialogue with the viewer wherein its own narrative, regarding its origins and/or its reason for being, is unfolded." Ceramics: Art and Perception No. 81 |
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Barbro Åberg: Lightweight Sculpture By Ulla Munck Jørgensen Ceramic Arts Daily 2009 "The distinctive works of Barbro Åberg are imbued with a life of their own. They tell tales of ancient cultures and common human dreams. Their powerful symbolism wakes collective memories of early beginnings, of the passing of time, and of eternity, in a collage of glimpses of life." Link to full article |
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Barbro Åberg, terre de corail By Angélique Escandell La Revue de la Ceramique et du Verre, Avril 2010 No 171 p. 24 "Issues d'une nature imaginaire, archaïques et contemporaines á la fois, les ceramiques de Barbro Åberg fracturent l'espace environnant et suspendent le temps." la revue de la ceramique et du verre |
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Spår av liv, Spår av tid By Johanna Uddén Biz&Art nr. 13, p. 48-53 "När Barbro Åberg ställer ut i USA säljer hun nästan allt. Hennes keramiska skulpturer i stort format tilltalar de amerikanska samlarne och hun har ställt ut inte mindre än sex gånger på SOFA - Sculptural Objects & Functional Art Fair - som är den stora amerikanska konsthantverksmässan." Biz&Art nr. 13 |
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Stykker af evigheder By Libbie Fjelstrup Politiken juni 2005 "Hvordan går det til? Hvordan er det muligt for en keramiker at fremmane et udtryk, der får betragteren til at tænke på rustne gravfund og kridtede fossiler, på flyvende elementer og spor med betydning i en fjern fortid. Forklaringen skal findes i Barbro Åbergs enestående kombination af form og materiale; former med referencer til historiske kulturgenstande og organiske strukturer, men også skeletagtige konstruktioner, der kan minde om resterne af noget, som var engang." |
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