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‘The inspiration for my works springs from a continuous work-process where the visual expression gradually crystallizes through a long series of experiments with the object’s spatial potential.
Ultimately, the combinations of form, ornament and image will appear simple and easy to decode, while remaining open to a variety of possible interpretations of content. The energy deriving from the direct physicality of the works is crucial.’
‘The inspiration for my works springs from a continuous work-process where the visual expression gradually crystallizes through a long series of experiments with the object’s spatial potential.
Ultimately, the combinations of form, ornament and image will appear simple and easy to decode, while remaining open to a variety of possible interpretations of content. The energy deriving from the direct physicality of the works is crucial.’
Martin Bodilsen Kaldahl was educated at the Royal College of Art in London. Over the years he has explored a number of different spatial themes that frequently re-occur in his formal vocabulary. These include the rhythmic and ornamental possibilities of, and around, the knot; the logic of natural, genetically based form meeting constructed and virtual form, and intuitive spatial form. Over a long period, Bodilsen Kaldahl worked with tubular sculptural structures, investigating ways to describe how an object literally manifests itself in space. This series was called Spatial Drawings. More recently, his vocabulary has become the expression of the mass of the sculptural (clay) body itself, in a juxtaposition with tubular gestures. Overall, the purpose is to speak in a language of direct physical contact.
His work is represented in several public and private collections including the V&A Museum, London; The Danish Museum of Art & Design, Copenhagen; The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo and Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris.
Martin Bodilsen Kaldahl lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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