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Denmark
Sculpture, other on Glass
Size: 11.8 W x 11.8 H x 11.8 D in
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Art work consist of several glass shapes (8-16), (depending on space capacity) and a number of black and white drawings. Deliberately broken, imperfect and collapsed, still reminding very much of a heart - the most essential life organ and one of the most reproduced and trite symbol. I wanted to imbue pieces with a sense of brokenness, fragility and durability –qualities which characterize glass as well as the heart in its understanding as a symbol for romance, love and life. Working on the hearts, I tried technically to play with the idioms pertaining to the symbol – cold heart, broken heart, warm hearted, heart of stone etc. Glass is, of course, shaped when it is hot and soft, when blown formed by the “life giving” air from lungs. Then I create imperfections, make the shapes collapse in some places, and when it is cold, I cut and grain it, bringing up hidden layers of colours and cracks - to bring associations to human anatomy as well as fossils from a time prior to human existence. I aimed to make the sculptures resemble hearts but not copy them. For this reason I made them black and white, to relate my objects to classic marble sculptures or to other traditional monochrome sculptural media (clay, bronze, stone etc). I was inspired by anatomic wax models made in Florence in the 18 century, which I first saw and drew at the Josephinium museum in Vienna. Dramatic casting of real human body parts made from such an unendurable material as wax - realistic and colourful painted preserved for 300 years old. Somehow the most fragile things can be the most durable! I also made precise study drawings of real pigs hearts which are the closest ones to human. These I took from a butcher’s shop in Copenhagen -”The pork meat market of Europe” (some hearts are still in my freezer).
Sculpture:other on Glass
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:11.8 W x 11.8 H x 11.8 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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Ships From:Denmark.
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Denmark
Maria Koshenkova I was born and raised in St Petersburg in Russia 1981, but living and working in Copenhagen for the last 7 years. I got my MA degree in glass and ceramic at the St Petersburg Design and Art Academy and afterwards studied glass at the Danish Design School and at Kalmar University ( Sweden ). I have exhibited in in Russia ,UK,Scandinavia, all around Europe and and Japan I use glass as a main media for my sculptures The last years I have also contributed space specific installations to a number of international exhibitions, using other materials than glass I produce unique jewelry pieces as well and have my own little brand and company to do that-"koshmar jewelry"
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