Beate Andersen
Bowl: Inspiration from the old Persian, 2020
6.50h x 9w in
BAN002
SOLD
Beate Andersen
Hexagonal: Inspiration from Old Persian, 2020
5h x 5w x 6d in
BAN003
$ 1,400.00
Beate Andersen
Hexagonal: Inspiration from the old Persian, 2019
4h x 4w x 4d in
BAN005
SOLD
Beate Andersen
Hexagonal: Inspiration from the old Persian, 2019
4h x 4w x 4d in
BAN006
SOLD
Beate Andersen
Pot: Inspiration from the old Persepolis, 2020
8h x 6w in
BAN004
$ 2,385.00
Charlotte Thorup
Architectural artwork, wall object, 2020
Stoneware, porcelain
8.27h x 11.81w x 21.26d in
CT001
$ 3,200.00
Charlotte Thorup
Architectural artwork, 2020
Stoneware, porcelain
18.11h x 11.22w in
CT002
$ 3,500.00
Charlotte Thorup
Architectural artwork, 2020
Stoneware, porcelain
12.2h x 11.42w x 14.57d in
CT003
$ 3,500.00
Charlotte Thorup
Architectural artwork, 2020
Stoneware, porcelain
5.91h x 3.94w x 6.69d in
CT004
$ 700.00
Charlotte Thorup
Architectural artwork, 2020
Stoneware, porcelain
7.09h x 4.72w x 7.48d in
CT005
$ 1,200.00
Charlotte Thorup
Architectural artwork, 2020
Stoneware, porcelain
5.31h x 6.1w x 11.02d in
CT006
$ 1,275.00
Charlotte Thorup
Architectural artwork, 2020
Stoneware, porcelain
7.09h x 4.33w x 4.13d in
CT007
SOLD
Charlotte Thorup
Architectural artwork, 2020
Stoneware, porcelain
4.33h x 4.72w x 12.2d in
CT008
$ 1,200.00
Charlotte Thorup
Architectural artwork, 2020
Stoneware, porcelain
5.31h x 4.33w x 12.2d in
CT009
$ 1,200.00
Charlotte Thorup
Architectural artwork, 2020
Stoneware, porcelain
6.10h x 6.5w in
CT010
$ 1,200.00
Charlotte Thorup
Architectural artwork, 2020
Stoneware, porcelain
10.63h x 5.71w in
CT011
$ 1,200.00
Bente Skjottgaard
Metamorphosis: #1786, 2017
Stoneware with glaze
11.81h x 5.51w in
BS003
$ 3,000.00
Bente Skjottgaard
Metamorphosis: Purple #1649, 2016
Stoneware with glaze
8.27h x 4.33w in
BS001
$ 1,300.00
Bente Skjottgaard
Metamorphosis: Yellow #1654, 2016
Stoneware with glaze
7.87h x 3.94w in
BS002
$ 1,300.00
Bente Skjottgaard
Metamorphosis: Green #1779, 2017
Stoneware with glaze
10.24h x 4.72w in
BS004
$ 2,200.00
Bente Skjottgaard
Metamorphosis: Purple #1703, 2017
Stoneware with glaze
11.42h x 5.91w in
BS005
$ 3,000.00
Anne Floche
Pale green/ square
3.74h x 4.13w in
AF003
$ 950.00
Anne Floche
Pale green/ dotted
13h x 8w in
AF004
$ 950.00
Anne Floche
Small black/ blue ovals
12h x 12.50w in
AF005
$ 950.00
Anne Floche
White/ checkered
8.50h x 11.50w in
AF006
SOLD
Anne Floche
Blue/red, squares
15.50h x 14.50w in
AF007
$ 1,450.00
Anne Floche
Pale blue/ squares
16h x 14.50w in
AF008
$ 1,450.00
Anne Floche
Curved/ dots
Framed: 4.53h x 4.92w in
AF002
$ 950.00
Anne Floche
Ribbed/ 3 circles
18h x 14.50w in
AF009
SOLD
Anne Floche
White frame/ circle
17h x 18w in
AF010
$ 1,800.00
Anne Floche
Red frame/ circle
22h x 22w in
AF011
$ 2,500.00
Anne Floche
Black frame/ lines
22h x 23w in
AF012
$ 2,500.00
Mette Maya Gergersen
Porcelain Crush
14h x 16w x 12d in
MMG001
$ 4,250.00
Mette Maya Gergersen
Floating Dreams
10h x 20w x 12d in
MMG002
$ 3,500.00
Mette Maya Gergersen
Blue Wave
19.50h x 22w x 13d in
MMG003
$ 4,250.00
Mette Maya Gergersen
Transpired Time
6h x 18w x 16d in
MMG004
$ 3,200.00
Mette Maya Gergersen
Holding Space - Holding Time
8h x 15w x 14d in
MMG005
$ 3,500.00
Mette Maya Gergersen
Geometry of Echoes
7h x 13w x 11d in
MMG006
$ 3,200.00
Gunhild Aaberg
Being
Stoneware with slip
11h x 9w x 6d in
GA002
$5520
Gunhild Aaberg
Eruption
Stoneware with slip
8h x 9w x 4d in
GA003
$2800
SOLD
Gunhild Aaberg
No Title
Stoneware and slip
12h x 7w x 5d in
GA004
NFS
Barbro Åberg
Double Dark Porcupine, 2020
Clay w/ volcanic grit, 1140° C
14h x 14w x 3d in
BA030
$ 7,000.00
Barbro Åberg
Black Bodhi Tree, 2020
Clay w/ volcanic grit, 1120° C
16h x 14w x 3d in
BA029
$ 6,800.00
Barbro Åberg
Porcupine, 2019
Clay w/ volcanic grit, 1120° C
16h x 14w x 3d in
BA028
$ 6,500.00
Barbro Åberg
Ferris Wheel, 2020
Clay w/ volcanic grit, 1120° C
9.75h x 8.50w x 2.75d in
BA035
$ 2,700.00
Barbro Åberg
Large Cellular Sphere, 2020
Clay w/ volcanic grit, 1140° C
11.75h x 11.75w x 11.75d in
BA032
$ 6,800.00
Lucy Lacoste Gallery is pleased to close the 2020 season with an all-female exhibition: Danish Women in Contemporary Ceramics, December 12th – January 5th, highlighting the leading role women have played in the development of ceramics there. This exhibition features the work of Beate Andersen, Anne Floche, Mette Maya Gregersen, Bente Skjøettgaard, Charlotte Thorup, Barbro Åberg, and Gunhild Aaberg, artists in varying stages of their careers, all have received internally recognition through exhibition.
Why have women taken such a leading role in Danish Ceramics, in contrast to other societies? Denmark, a country with an abundance of clay, has a long history of ceramics going back to the Vikings. Ceramic creativity has been fostered by the manufactories such as Royal Copenhagen which hired female artists as designers and gave them studio space to freely create their own work. The country’s affinity for the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 20th century was conducive to female artists setting up independent studios. In addition, there were important teachers such as Thorvald Bindesboll and Richard Kjaergaard who encouraged individual expression in ceramics. Expressive art pottery began to develop at the end of the 19th century. Today, the most recognized ceramic artists in Denmark are women.
The two leading Danish ceramicists of the 20th century were Gertrude Vasegaard and Gutte Eriksen. Vasegaard’s abstraction of the cylinder and minimal decoration became a touchstone for a whole stream of Danish ceramics. Gutte Eriiksen’s approach was free, organic, and often inspired by Japan. She taught so many women throughout her career, they became known as “Gutte’s Girls.” These two renowned artists have been followed by legendary female artists such as Bodil Manz, the most internationally recognized ceramic artist from Denmark, known for paper thin cylinders with handmade decal decoration; Alev Ebuzziya Siesbye, celebrated for vessels of pure color with an unglazed line; and Nina Hole, the creator of burning fire sculptures, founder of the Clay Today collective, the CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art and the International Ceramics Research Center at Guldagergaard.
Lucy Lacoste Gallery has a long history with Danish ceramics beginning with our 2007 exhibition of the collection of William Hull, the American curator and museum director credited with introducing Danish ceramics to the USA in his seminal museum exhibition Danish Ceramic Design (1982). DCD was followed by From the Kilns of Denmark (2002) curated by Hope Barkan and Wendy Tarlow. This important traveling exhibition showed the strength of Danish ceramics and was dominated by women ceramic artists, including Beate Andersen, Bente Skjottgaard, Barbro Aberg, and Gunhild Aaberg. This was followed by Lacoste Gallery’s A View from Denmark (2008), featuring a number of these artists. Barbro Aberg and Anne Floche are artists currently represented by the Gallery.
According to Garth Johnson, “The fact that Denmark boasts a flourishing ceramic ecosystem is because of women. Not only do artists like Bodil Manz continue to push boundaries well into their 80s, but they do so within a network of galleries, residencies, studios, and collectives founded by women. As artists like Barbro Åberg, considered an emerging artist when the exhibition From the Kilns of Denmark stormed these shores back in 2002, become leading figures, a new generation is emerging. Many young artists are turning to pottery and functional design, which fits hand-in-glove with the Nordic Cuisine movement. Others gleefully mix media (and influences) in a quest to wring every ounce of expression from their clay.
As young Danish ceramists take these two very different paths, only one thing is certain. Women will lead the way.”
Garth Johnson (Paul Phillips and Sharon Sullivan Curator of Ceramics, Everson Museum of Art)
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