Merete Rasmussen
Endure
Bronze
85 x 120 x 65 cm
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‘Endure’ is a stunning bronze first created by Merete Rasmussen. Built up over many months by hand using wax, the sumptuous surface carries the artists marks as she painstakingly pushed...
‘Endure’ is a stunning bronze first created by Merete Rasmussen. Built up over many months by hand using wax, the sumptuous surface carries the artists marks as she painstakingly pushed the boundaries of this making process to reveal one of her signature dynamic flowing forms.
Rasmussen works mainly in stoneware however experimenting in bronze has allowed her to add another dimension to her work, going beyond the constraints of her kiln and exploring scale. Working in bronze has also enabled Rasmussen to consider a material that can be shown outdoors.
Rasmussen enjoys the challenging nature of all the material she works in and the complex structures she builds, despite their apparent fragility and complicated contours, must hold their own shape. Talking about the wider interests in her work Merete says:
“I am interested in the way one defines and comprehends space through physical form. My shapes can represent an idea of a captured movement, as a flowing form stretching or curling around itself, or the idea can derive from repeated natural forms or even complex mathematical constructions. Different form expressions appeal to me and result in my continuous exploration with many different variations: soft but precise curves, sharp edges, concave surfaces shifting to convex; the discovery and strength of an inner or negative space. I am intrigued by the idea of a continuous surface, for example with one connected edge running through an entire form.”
Merete Rasmussen was born in Copenhagen and brought up in Sweden. Returning to Denmark to study at the Designskolen Kolding, she was inspired by the iconic designs of fellow Danes, Arne Jacobsen and Verner Panton. During her studies she travelled widely with the sculptural sand dunes of Namibia having a particularly potent effect. She has exhibited internationally and her work is held in a number of public collections including The Victoria and Albert Museum; The National Museum of Scotland; the Museum of Arts and Design, New York; the National Fund of Contemporary Arts, France; the Crafts Council Collection, UK and The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Rasmussen lives and works in Kent, England.
Rasmussen works mainly in stoneware however experimenting in bronze has allowed her to add another dimension to her work, going beyond the constraints of her kiln and exploring scale. Working in bronze has also enabled Rasmussen to consider a material that can be shown outdoors.
Rasmussen enjoys the challenging nature of all the material she works in and the complex structures she builds, despite their apparent fragility and complicated contours, must hold their own shape. Talking about the wider interests in her work Merete says:
“I am interested in the way one defines and comprehends space through physical form. My shapes can represent an idea of a captured movement, as a flowing form stretching or curling around itself, or the idea can derive from repeated natural forms or even complex mathematical constructions. Different form expressions appeal to me and result in my continuous exploration with many different variations: soft but precise curves, sharp edges, concave surfaces shifting to convex; the discovery and strength of an inner or negative space. I am intrigued by the idea of a continuous surface, for example with one connected edge running through an entire form.”
Merete Rasmussen was born in Copenhagen and brought up in Sweden. Returning to Denmark to study at the Designskolen Kolding, she was inspired by the iconic designs of fellow Danes, Arne Jacobsen and Verner Panton. During her studies she travelled widely with the sculptural sand dunes of Namibia having a particularly potent effect. She has exhibited internationally and her work is held in a number of public collections including The Victoria and Albert Museum; The National Museum of Scotland; the Museum of Arts and Design, New York; the National Fund of Contemporary Arts, France; the Crafts Council Collection, UK and The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Rasmussen lives and works in Kent, England.