Ole Jensen and me wrote 25 texts about the 25 objects featured in CONTENT.
Here it is,- read an excerpt of my text about Bente Skjøttgaard below.
‘Green Root is roughly modelled, and Bente has allowed the traces of her fingers pulling on the coarse clay to remain, without additional finishing. Had it been a drawing, it would have been done in charcoal, rough and dirty. The outer form is only slightly abstract, perhaps modelled on a concrete root she saw in the wood? But it is constructed as a thin shell, as if only the bark remains. The inner form follows the outer, as if the object we see has been hollowed out. It seems as if the dissolution has already transformed the dense tree trunk into a cavity. Green Root has a thick green glaze that melts and flows over the coarse clay surface, causing edges and small protrusions to appear darker and more visually prominent. The glaze looks almost like a living substance, a wet layer of mosses and algae that is now metabolising nutrients from the dying form to generate new life. The decay has a heavy, swampy sense of pleasure and desire. Remember: you are fortunate enough to be mortal.’