BODIL MANZ

Variasjoner i porselen / Variations in Porcelain

20 February - 30 March 2025

– Working with ceramic materials is a lifelong process with materials that are both challenging and seductive. Technical and artistic processes constantly intersect, and to achieve what you set out to do, you have to get them both right at the same time. Sometimes, it feels like falling off the horse and getting back in the saddle, again and again. But I do, because clay is my material. It keeps me going.

The simple cylinder form in thin porcelain is a theme that I keep returning to and always find interesting to revisit. The light filtering through the translucent body is an important element, it brings the inside and the outside together in a unified composition.

I see the cylinder as a sheet of paper where I can express myself in light of current experiences and where I am in life. Every cylinder goes through many thought processes and technical steps before I set it free.

Bodil Manz

Bodil Manz (Danish, b. 1943) studied ceramics at the School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen. In 1966, she studied at La Escuela de Diseño y Artesanías in Mexico City and at the University of California, Berkeley. Her works are included in a number of prestigious collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Musée de Sèvres, and the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art in Gifu, Japan.

Photo: Jeppe Sørensen