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Læs Keramiske Noter 44/2016 keramiske noter 44/2016 22. årgang Keramikkens Venner Nina Hole 1941 † 2016 Nina Hole sov ind i sit hjem søndag den 21. februar Hendes kongstanke bag etableringen var, at kunst le- 2016 efter lang tids sygdom. Dermed har keramikken ver og bevæger sig bedst i samarbejde med andre, og mistet en af de største aktører - ikke blot i Danmark, at det at arbejde side om side skaber større kreativitet. men på verdensplan. Nina var nemlig en verdensstjer- Kunst stagnerer uden bevægelse. Murer man sig inde i ne, uddannet i USA i slut-tresserne og udøvende med sit eget soloværksted, risikerer man at hænge fast i sit talrige udstillinger og ikke mindst qua genren Fire eget speciale. Ikke mindst derfor ville hun skabe et Sculptures, skabt af Nina selv i starten af halvfemserne fælles storværksted med alverdens udstyr, ovne, red- med dramatiske performances, hvor hun udførte store skaber og værktøj i den ypperste kvalitet, et sted som monumentale keramiske skulpturer, som blev brændt gjorde det unødvendigt at have alt på sit eget værk- direkte på stedet, senest i foråret 2015 på Keramisk sted. Center Guldagergaard. En anden vision bag etableringen af Guldagergaard Nina nåede at glædes over at være tildelt en af de høje- var at bringe folk til Danmark, så de kunne lære noget ste hædersbevisninger i den internationale keramikver- om dansk keramik, design og kunst, og at danske den, Honorary Member Award of National Conference kunstnere samtidigt kunne inspireres af internationalt of the Education of Ceramic Art, som hun skulle have anerkendte folk inden for det keramiske fag. Det var modtaget her i marts. også vigtigt for Nina, at centeret ikke kom til at ligge i København, men kunne være med til at skabe dyna- Ninas betydning for dansk keramisk kunst er svær at mik i provinsen. Hun mente, at kreativiteten fik mere undervurdere. Det var med hende som omdrejnings- plads til at udfolde sig her, og da der ikke var en tra- punkt, at kunstnergruppen Clay Today blev dannet i dition for keramik på forhånd her i Skælskør - at om- 1990 af danske og internationale keramikere som skab- givelserne ville være mere åbne for det. te store events, der satte keramikken på dagsordenen. Det var denne gruppe som tog initiativet til Danmarks Hun var meget optaget af centerets fremtid lige til det Keramikmuseum i Middelfart, i dag kaldet CLAY. sidste og med hendes sidste performance i Guldager- gaards regi for godt et halvt år siden, blev cirklen Nina var blandt initiativtagerne til Guldagergaard i sluttet på fornem vis. 1997 og hun har spillet en særdeles aktiv rolle her indtil sin død. Det var Ninas idé at skabe et internationalt ke- Hendes drømme og ønsker for stedet vil vi fortsat ramisk center i Danmark, og fra starten rådgav hun sig efterleve, så godt vi kan. med sit internationale netværk omkring dannelsen, og ikke mindst visionerne for Guldagergaard. Nina har været en fantastisk mentor og inspirator, som har sat spor i den internationale keramiske verden - Hun bragte hele verden hertil, og det er hende, vi kan ikke mindst på Guldagergaard. Jeg har lært så uende- takke for, at vi i dag har fået et solidt internationalt ry ligt meget af Nina, og hvor har hun åbnet mine øjne og netværk - hun tænkte konsekvent stort og visionært. for mange ting. Mette Blum Marcher Direktør for Guldagergaard Jane Reumert 1942 † 2016 Midt i det tidlige, smukke forår døde Jane Reumert af den for de værker, som for altid vil være synonyme med en lungelidelse, som havde plaget hende i stigende grad, Jane Reumert: de æggeskalstynde, svævende ’skaller’, og dermed afsluttedes et betydningsfuldt virke indenfor hvis sammensmeltning af form og dekoration synes at dansk og international studiokeramik. stamme fra naturen selv. Disse poetiske skaller er sprun- get ud af den dybe naturfascination, som var en drivende Jane Reumert indtager en fornem position i dansk og in- kraft i hele Jane Reumerts oeuvre. Fremstillingen af ternational keramik, hvor hun med sit materialemæssige skallerne bygger på overformningsteknik og Jane Reu- og kunstneriske udviklingsarbejde gennem en 50-årig mert udførte skaller i stort tal gennem 1990’erne med karriere udførte værker, der vidner om hendes skabende, forskellig ornamentik hentet fra dyre- og planteriget, fra intellektuelle og håndværksmæssigt høje niveau. En sø- vand og hav og strand. Den skrøbelighed og poetiske gen mod noget enkelt, noget logisk og først og fremmest kraft, som disse værker udstråler, har åbnet for natur- naturbåret førte til en række højdepunkter i en produk- sansninger og talt direkte til en stor kreds af beundrere. tion, der logisk føjer sig i et forløb præget af en fortsat afprøvning af metoder, teknikker og materialer og båret En nye epoke i Jane Reumerts arbejde begyndte i midten af en sansende, erindrende og abstrakt naturbetagelse. af 1990’erne, hvor anvendelsen af saltovn i forbindelse med glasering og brænding af fiberporcelænet åbnede for Jane Reumert fik sin uddannelse på Kunsthåndværker- nye landvindinger, der resulterede i ultratynde skulpturel- skolen under Richard Kjærgaards ledelse og blev dermed le, naturinspirerede værker udført i egen teknik med assi- sporet ind på stentøj og brugskeramik, metodelære og stance fra keramikerne Anne og Peter Stougaard på Born- dannelse af formsprog. Med skolekammeraterne Beate holm, hvor Jane Reumert og ægtefællen Bo Bonfils var Andersen og Gunhild Aaberg etableredes efter afgangen bosat i en årrække. Parret flyttede i 2003 til København 1964 det stadigt eksisterende værksted i Strandstræde, og oprettede værksted i Raadvad, mens Jane Reumert København, og her udførte Jane Reumert en produktion samtidig fortsatte sit udviklingsarbejde på Internationalt med serier af brugsting i stentøj. Kanderne har en særlig Keramisk Center, Guldagergaard med muligheden her for plads i de første års arbejde, hvor Jane Reumert fik suc- at anvende brændefyret sodaovn. ces med en geometrisk, minimalistisk og funktionel be- arbejdning af formen på de høje kander og flødekander i I glasfiberporcelænet har Jane Reumert skabt unikke vær- ovalt tværsnit med flade, indskårne låg, ligesom hun ud- ker med meget forskellige strukturer, overfladebehand- viklede stel mv. for Den Permanente og Eslau Keramik. linger og dekoration, som vidner om den frygtløse vilje til at nå stadig videre i en materialebåret udtryksfuldhed I store træk kan Jane Reumerts udvikling følges gennem med fortolkning af de stærke indtryk og den inspiration, flere etaper fra brugstingene og de unikke skåle af stentøj kunstneren fandt i alt levende omkring sig, og som hun i 1970’erne til de transparente skaller og skålformer i por- selv på smukkeste vis inkarnerede. Disse værker vil for celæn fra 1980’erne og frem til 1990’ernes og de følgen- altid være indskrevet i den danske keramiks historie fra de års overbevisende brug af saltglaseret fiberporcelæn. de årtier, hvor Jane Reumerts keramiske mesterskab udvikledes. I kunstnerens jagt på lethed og transparens kom glasfi- berteknikken pludselig ind i billedet, her var de egen- I 1994 tildeltes Jane Reumert som den første den nyind- skaber hun søgte som formbarhed, transparens og struk- stiftede prestigefulde pris for kunsthåndværk og design tur, og hvor collager af papir, net, tekstiler, farver og ’Torsten och Wanja Söderbergs Nordiska Designpris’, en skrift kunne støbes ind i materialet, der formedes over af mange fornemme hædersbevisninger og priser, som individuelle lerkar. De første værker, af kunstneren kal- kunstneren modtog gennem livet, herunder Prins Eugen det ’Keramiske Metamorfoser’, blev præsenteret på en Medaljen 1998 og i 2003 Kunstakademiets Thorvald udstilling i Nikolaj kirke, København, 1993, og viste Bindesbøll medalje. den grafiske styrke og spændvidde i Jane Reumerts or- namentik, som metamorfosernes titler i sig selv vidner Gennem hele karrieren deltog Jane Reumert i talrige ud- om: ’Arabisk Musik’, ’Skrift’, ’Bayeux’, ’Visby’ og stillinger nationalt og internationalt, og hendes værker er ’Typografisk Parafrase’. I forbindelse med udstillings- repræsenteret i betydningsfulde museer i Norden, Europa gruppen ’Keramiske Veje’ på Sophienholm 2009 skabte og USA. I 2003 viste Kunstindustrimuseet, København, Jane Reumert trods den krævende proces tre nye meta- en omfattende retrospektiv udstilling af Jane Reumert og morfoser, hvor Kunstindustrimuseet erhvervede værket Arkitektens Forlag udgav i den forbindelse en stor mono- ’Xian’ dekoreret med kalligrafi, som Jane Reumert grafi med titlen ’Transparens’. studerede og udøvede gennem en årrække. Bodil Busk Laursen De mange års målrettede materialeudforskning resultere- de i udviklingen af fiberporcelænet og åbnede mulighe- Udstillinger hvor og hvornår - Danmark ved Gunnar Jakobsen Udstillingsoversigten er udarbejdet på grundlag af afsøg- 28.08.16 Kunsthåndværkergruppen Atrium. Nytænk- ninger på Internettet. Oversigten er at betragte som et ud- ning af plantekrukken. Officinet. valg og ikke nødvendigvis komplet for det pågældende udstillingssted. Oversigten publiceres med forbehold for 02.10.16 Midt i modernismen. Niels Larsen Stevns og eventuelle aflysninger/ændringer. Inden et eventuelt be- den danske avantgarde. Katalog. Kastrupgaardsamlingen, søg bør man derfor undersøge, om udstillingen nu er ble- Kastrupvej 399, 2770 Kastrup. Website: vet til noget samt udstillingens åbningstider. www.kastrupgaardsamlingen.dk København 24.09.17 Learning from Japan. Designmuseum Ann Linnemann studie galleri, Kronprinsessegade 51, Danmark, Bredgade 68, 1260 København K. Website: 1306 København K. Tlf 33 93 35 03. Website: www.designmuseum.dk.
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