marie j.engelsvold
sculptures, drawings, art-projects and teaching.
Combined creatures - from drawing to sculpture
1. november - 17. november 2013
YARD PROJECT ROOM - the shipyard gallery
Refshalevej 171 A
DK - 1432 Copenhagen K
Foam meets wood which meets a sewn sausage form of textile. Materials are forced together by large rather helpless stitches. Wooden sticks are put together in ingenious systems and form patterns. A white rectangular form is on closer inspection a slender frame, covered with thin white chiffon. Some sculptures are hanging from the ceiling or floats in space. Other sculptures are placed on small podiums, or with a height of 3 feet filling up the visual field.In this exhibition, Marie J. Engelsvold is working with the drawing as a starting point. The drawings are images of mental and emotional states, which is intended as fictional sculptures. In the process of transforming the flat character of the drawings to physical sculptures, she is exploring proportions of different materials and how they can be combined.
"While working with the sculptures I am trying how I can mime a physicality or a mental condition. Psychiatric conditions are for my own part very complex, and often consists of several conflicting emotions. They are often closely connected with the body, and I see the sculptures as a kind of bodily expressions. "By maintaining the expression of the drawing, it seems as if the sculptures are almost growing directly out of the paper and into the room.
“Creature” 303 x 83 x 8 cm. Wodden laths, textiles, painted stuffed canvas, acrylic paint.
“Combined Creatures -
from drawing to sculpture.”
YARD PRC ROOM 2013
An overview of the exhibition space.
“Combined Creatures -
from drawing to sculpture.”
YARD PRC ROOM 2013
“Entrance”
58 x 23 x 22 cm. Textiles, plexiglas, wooden sticks, acrylic paint, wire, wood, yarn, stuffing.
“Combined Creatures -
from drawing to sculpture.”
YARD PRC ROOM 2013
Wall of drawings.
“Combined Creatures -
from drawing to sculpture.”
YARD PRC ROOM 2013
“Try to hold on” 44 x 16 x 9 cm. Wodden sticks, textiles, acrylic paint, acrylic tusch, wooden boards, yarn, wire, stuffing.
“Combined Creatures -
from drawing to sculpture.”
YARD PRC ROOM 2013
“I hold on to happiness” 190 x 97 x 67 cm. Wodden laths, textiles, painted stuffed canvas, acrylic paint, wooden boards, foam, yarn, stuffing.
“Combined Creatures -
from drawing to sculpture.”
YARD PRC ROOM 2013
“Mind set”
Drawing:40 x 50 cm.
Acrylic tusch on paper.
Sculpture: 17 x 42 x 9 cm.
Wood, textiles, stuffing, acrylic tusch, paper. 2013.
“Combined Creatures -
from drawing to sculpture.”
YARD PRC ROOM 2013
"Little creature" 55 x 16 x 2 cm. Wood, textile, acrylic marker, acrylic paint. "Combined Creatures - ‘
from drawing to sculpture".
YARD PRC ROOM 2013
“I try to be happy” 36 x 17 x 12 cm. Wodden sticks, textiles, painted stuffed canvas, acrylic paint, acrylic tusch, wooden boards, yarn, stuffing.
“Combined Creatures -
from drawing to sculpture.”
YARD PRC ROOM 2013
“Construction”
72 x 34 x 27 cm. Textiles, stuffing, foam, wooden sticks, acrylic paint, yarn.
“Combined Creatures -
from drawing to sculpture.”
YARD PRC ROOM 2013
“Combined Creatures -
from drawing to sculpture.”
“Trying to connect things that are unconnectable” 55 x 37 x 20 cm. Textile, stuffed canvas, acrylic paint, wood, yarn, stuffing.
YARD PRC ROOM 2013
“Embracing” 87 x 52 x 2 cm. Textiles, wooden board, wooden sticks, acrylic paint, yarn, stuffing.
“Combined Creatures -
from drawing to sculpture.”
YARD PRC ROOM 2013