FoU rapporter

• FoU rapport 2011
  

Professor. Clay and Ceramics.

Anne Helen Mydland holds an MA degree from Bergen National Academy of the Arts (2000), and has since worked as both artist, curator and teacher. She is the co-founder and member of the artist and curator group TEMP. Mydland has been widely exhibited both nationally and internationally and has been purchased by the leading institutions such as National Museum of contemporary art in Norway, Norsk Kulturråd og VK.

Mydland works with a basis in clay and ceramic material, in a contemporary art practice. She works with installation, sculpture, print and site-specific projects, specialised in the use of ready-mades and object culture. She also has collaborative work with industry.

Selected works:

Mydland’s work is questioning the object’s role, status and value. By juxtaposing the objects private and public history, different hierarchies of value and class become evident. In montages and installations both using found objects and modelled sculptural elements she is exploring the different ways we use and relate to objects, both as cultural signifiers and personal souvenirs.

"The object as storyteller has been a recurring feature of my work for several years. I have focused in particular on figurines/porcelain figures and ready-mades (china in particular) used in everyday settings. Porcelain and ceramic is closely linked to the family’s stories through its use at family gatherings and home decoration. I explore the objects narrative potential with combinations of concepts and theory, mainly; religious: the symbols of the sacred, souvenirs and fetishism."

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