Not just ceramics, but the real art

The big exhibition and a thick book are dedicated to Gertrud Vasegaard (1913-2007) - a famous Danish artist, who worked as a ceramist from 1930s til beginning of the 21st century, and her half a century  work with potter’s wheel  and a kiln.

 

Professor of Political science and Labour Market, Henning Jørgensen, auther of several books about art history  shared some interessting facts about Gertrud Vasegaaard and told us about his book and the current exhibition in an interwiev with a Danish newspaper Infomation.dk on his way to the opening of the exhibition in the Museum of Art on Bornholm.

The exhibition already took place in Museum of Art in Holstebro this sommer, and now is taking place in Godheim,where Gertrud vasegaard and her sister Lisbeth Munk Petersen worked together in the 1930s and during the war. Many Danish artists visited Godheim to meet the charming girls up until Gertrude moved to Copenhagen.

Gertrude Vasegaard grew up in a renowned family of ceramists, however it did not influence her free artistic thinking. Already by the end of 1960s she mastered the technique and entered the circle of March exhibition in Copenhagen. In the 50s her work were exhibited in Danish design expositions. Her work became famous abroad. However after 1960s the difference between the free art and design became visible in Gertrudes work. Creation mystery  disappered. Later her ceramics gradually became closer to buddhist decor, and also to porcelain and glaze. One could have long descussions about this, but Gertrude Vasegaard herself always said that she is a bird, not a ornithologist.

 

 

By materials of Information.dk

 

Photo: Gertrud Vasergaard’s exhibition in Besson gallery (United Kingdom)