Continuum
US$ 25,000
Overview
2022
Ceramic, Ceramics
Unique Work
Dimensions: 250cm (H) x 35cm (W) / 98.4" (H) x 13.8" (W)
Note: Actual colours may vary due to photography & computer settings
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About the art
Artist statement
"The mother of the sea suffered with the misdeeds of man on earth and as punishment gathered all the animals of prey in her fiery splendor at the bottom of the sea. When the "Blind" fisherman came down there to make amends, he straightened her hair, collected the dirt in a pile and then threw it away. At the same moment, everything came to life and everything on earth was again in balance. That's roughly how a passage from the legend of the Mother of the Sea sounds, probably the most famous story among the Greenlandic myths and legends.”
The Greenlandic myth is used as a source of inspiration for the work Continuum, which was created for the largest free publicly accessible outdoor exhibition in the world, namely Sculpture by the Sea, where the work won the Danish, Australian, New Zealand Friendship Association's artist award for best work of art.
The sculpture is poetic with references to both life and growth as well as change and fragility and is meant to be a symbol of hope and balance.
Artist profile
Naja Utzon Popov
Born: 1973
Hometown: Copenhagen
Based in: Copenhagen
Naja Utzon Popov is a Danish/Australian sculptor, ceramicist and textile designer who is internationally oriented in her work. She studied drawing and painting in Australia before moving to the UK, where she continued her formal education at the University of Westminster. Naja Utzon Popov’s childhood years in Denmark and her …
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