CharlotteThorup__ABOUT

Charlotte Thorup

Ceramic artist

Born

1973

Gentagelser, rumlige skalaspring og sanselige glasurer kendetegner keramiker Charlotte Thorups værker. Værker, der søger dialogen mellem materialer, overflader og kontraster. Mellem det enkle og rustikke. Mellem minimale og komplekse greb. Mellem stram geometri og organisk tilfældighed.

Charlotte Thorups arbejde er håndens vej i materialet. Kloge hænder, der kender deres alfabet og formgiver værker i en kombination af tavs viden og store bogstaver. Værkernes arkitektoniske proportioner forskyder sig i enkle greb, men tilbyder altid et brud i forventningen, hvor dissonans møder balance og skaber harmoni.

Arkitektur, natur og gentagelser er det gennemgående afsæt for Thorups keramiske kompositioner, der fabulerer og gestikulerer, men også er stille. Til stede. Som meditativt nærvær forbundet med jorden, naturen og stofligheden fortolket i den Thorupske farvepalet.

Kurator, redaktør, rådgiver Charlotte Jul

 

Repetition, sensuous glazes and leaps in spatial scale are key characteristics of ceramic artist Charlotte Thorup’s work. Her objects seek to initiate a dialogue between materials, surfaces and contrasts. Between simple and rustic expressions. Between minimalist and complex approaches. Between strict geometry and organic unpredictability.

Charlotte Thorup’s work is about the encounter of hands and material. Wise hands that know their alphabet and shape objects in a combination of tacit knowledge and big statements. The objects’ architectural proportions are elegantly displaced but always play with expectation, as dissonance meets balance to achieve harmony. 

Architecture, nature and repetition are persistent aspects of Thorup’s ceramic compositions, which ramble and gesticulate but also have a quiet presence and a meditative connection to soil, nature and tactility, interpreted in Thorup’s signature colour palette.

Curator, editor, consultant Charlotte Jul

Education

Exhibitions

Grants and Awards

Presented at

Hjorts Fabrik, The Museum of Ceramic, Rønne, Denmark
The Art Museum of Bornholm, Rø, Denmark

Member of

ACAB, Arts and Craft Association Bornholm
DK&D, Danish Crafts & Design Association
Holkahesten, Artists Association Bornholm

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CHARLOTTE THORUP
CERAMIC ART
  • Vestergade 11
  • 3740 Svaneke
+45 27 38 97 95
charlottethorup@hotmail.com

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