Unknown Provenance
2022 - 2023
A series of hand-modelled ceramic pieces. Terra sigillata on earthenware clay.
Unknown Provenance is about imagining the unknown.
The works in the series have a design which, in the upper part, resembles archetypal jars, while the lower part is 'dissolved' in a dynamic surface, reminiscent of a piece of cloth that wraps softly around the object, thereby obscuring the overall image of the object. The idea for the series arose while I was studying found pottery shards from ancient times, where the observer's fantasising about the original appearance, use and ownership of the tiny fragments inspired me.
The project in 2022 at the Museum of Classical Archaeology was supported by: the City of Aarhus, Danmarks Nationalbank’s Anniversary Foundation, Ellen og Knud Dalhoff Larsens Fond
The production of the exhibition at the YTF Gallery in Taipei in 2023 was supported by the Danish Art Foundation.
Unknown Provenance 2023. Photo: Mariana Gil
Variable dimensions, H.8 - 27 cm. Photo: Mariana Gil
UP56. L.14,0 x W.14,0 x H.27,2 cm. Photo: Mariana Gil
UP45. L.13,5 x W.14,0 H.15,7 cm. Photo: Mariana Gil
(Left) UP27. L.8,0 x W.8,0 H.16,7 cm. / (Right) UP47. L.7,0 x W.7,0 x H.10,7 cm. Photo: Mariana Gil
UP30. L.9,3 x W.9,3 x H.15,5 cm. Photo: Mariana Gil
UP21. L.15,0 x W.15,0 x H.47,7 cm .Photo: Ole Akhøj
UP21 (Detail). Photo: Ole Akhøj
UP25. L.28,0 x W.38,0 x H.46,5 cm. Photo: Ole Akhøj
UP25. L.28,0 x W.38,0 x H.46,5 cm. Photo: Ole Akhøj
UP25 (Detail). Photo: Ole Akhøj
Exhibition view, "RefeR", Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge 2022. Photo: Iben West
Exhibition view from "STOF", Gallery Pagter. Photo: Ole Akhøj
Photo: Ole Akhøj
UP17. L.25 x W.25 cm H.41 cm. Photo: Ole Akhøj
UP16. L.26 x W.27 x H.44 cm. Exhibition view, "Keramik som Tekstil på Tekstil som Keramik", Udstillingssted for Tekstil.
Unknown Provenance (UP18) 2022. H.52 x D.26 x W.27 cm. Exhibition view, "Keramik som Tekstil på Tekstil som Keramik", Udstillingssted for Tekstil.
