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contemporary artists in la Biennale di Venezia issue REGISTRATION, 2002 PLASTIC, ACRYLIC, ELASTIC, TEXTILE, ASSEMBLAGE 28 X 21 X 12 CM.

SUNRISE, 1990 POLYESTER, FLUORESCENT TUBE, CASTING, FILLING 103 X 125 X 200 CM

KAREN HØJSGÅRD NIELSEN
Lives and works in Malmö, Sweden
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Karen Højsgård Nielsen (*1952 Roskilde DK ) is educated as a sculptor aspects of our lives, and are touching the archetypical mind by adding
at The Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen 1982 -88. new constellations with a twist of contemporary themes for instance:
She has exhibited separately and with groups since 1980: Drawings, Hey Monkey, D N A, Baby detector, Thought cleaner, Monotheism...
sculptures, objects and installations. In 1993 she received the Danish Well-known objects are assembled: A nap, a ruler, a wheel ... and in
State Art Foundation´s 3- years working grant, and in between a cases where the ready made device and the idea can enrich each
great deal of smaller bursaries too. Since the year of 2000 she lives other, birth is given to new associations. Often she uses classical
and works in Malmo, Sweden. The titles of her own exhibitions: craft methods: Modelling, and later on casting in moulds. BUT she
TRANSPARENT, BEING, GOLDEN TIME, ALCHEMY, TEST OF PARADISE, has too a great fascination of modern materials such as acrylic, latex,
DEFERRED TIME ... gives a link to her working concept. She works with silicone, resin ... and explores with curiosity if this stuff - without a long
inward pictures - which transform elements from the everyday life as historical frame of references - can influence the world of ideas to be
well as the metaphysics sphere - to universal symbols in an simple, depict. Like in her exhibitions about ALCHEMY the artist is searching
poetic, philosophic and often subtle humoristic expression. As three for the quintessence = a sorting out statements from the laboratory
dimensional picture lyrics / aphorism comments her work different and turn them to new adventures to be told.

BABY DETECTOR, 2005
GLASS, RUBBER, PLASTIC,
ASSEMBLAGE
19 X 20,5 X 20,5 CM

LIFE, 2008 SILICONE,A
CRYLIC,PLASTIC,BAM
BOO, GLASS, CASTING,
ASSEMBLAGE
138 X 48 X 13 CM. 

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