Pangolin London is delighted to announce an exhibition of new work by ceramic sculptor Merete Rasmussen. Inspired by the natural world, mathematical surfaces and negative space, Undulations explores an exciting new direction in Rasmussen’s sculpture which is beautifully expressed in her signature medium of ceramic as well as cast bronze and sterling silver.
Meticulously hand crafted from clay, appearing like colourful ideas articulated in space, the works consist of elegantly looping ribbons to which there is no discernible beginning or end. Exploring the concept of infinity through one connected edge, they twist and turn with unpredictable energy as if reconciling the irreconcilable, resolving the forces of expansion and contraction into one harmonious whole.
Undulations marks an exciting new direction in Rasmussen’s work which has been inspired by her ongoing interest in the natural world, mathematics and negative space. In this exhibition, her fourth solo exhibition at Pangolin London, there seem to be specific reference points: for example, from the intricate folded forms of seaweed to pleats from leaf morphology – revolute, involute and plicate.
Merete Rasmussen has exhibited widely, and her work is held in a number of public collections including The Victoria and Albert Museum, London; National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh; The Museum of Arts and Design, New York; The National Fund of Contemporary Arts, France; The Crafts Council Collection, UK and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Pangolin London represents Rasmussen in the UK.
