Day one passed in a blur of trains and gallery exhibits. I
am writing this at the end of day three, having scarcely had time to breathe,
let alone write, until now. We visited CODA in the morning and Gallery Marzee
in the afternoon.
I find it very difficult to choose a ‘favourite’ out of
everything we saw,but what I found the
most striking was a large vessel, entitled Kom,
by Tore Svensson, which we saw at Marzee. I really do mean the most striking, because the vessel is really
quite large, almost a cauldron, in size terms, but nonetheless intimately
captivating due to a subtle finish which can only be appreciated upon close
inspection and a row of evenly placed holes drilled below the rim of the
vessel. For one who understands the processes involved in making such a vessel
by hand, this creates an especially intense effect because, having made such a
painstakingly time consuming vessel, putting holes in the side seems like an incredibly
brave action, a nerve-racking experience in light of the huge amount of work
that one is tampering with. It exemplifies the fact that details are
all-important and shouldn’t be neglected, even if the key impact of a piece is
in it’s size and form.
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