Klara Kristalova, Utflykt, 2023. Bronze. Courtesy of the artist, Galleri Magnus Karlsson and CHART in Tivoli 2023
Photo: Jan Søndergaard
About The Work
For CHART in Tivoli 2023, Klara Kristalova will present a new bronze sculpture that expands her longstanding interest in ideas of transformation. Fusing together human figures with the organic features of trees and other plantlife, Kristalova’s sculptures use fantasy to explore various stages of transition.
Often focusing on the lives of girls or young women, Kristalova’s works also explore the relationship between humans and the natural world in broader terms. The landscape, though not directly represented, is an essential component of Kristalova’s mental and physical universe, inferred in fragments and subtle references across all strands of her practice.
Klara Kristalova, Utflykt, 2023. Bronze. Courtesy of the artist, Galleri Magnus Karlsson and CHART in Tivoli 2023
Photo: Jan Søndergaard
Klara Kristalova, Utflykt, 2023. Bronze. Courtesy of the artist, Galleri Magnus Karlsson and CHART in Tivoli 2023
Photo: Jan Søndergaard
Portrait of Klara Kristalova
Courtesy of Galleri Magnus Karlsson
About The Artist
Klara Kristalova (b. 1967, Prague; CZ) is mostly known for her sculptures in glazed stoneware but also works with bronze, mixed media and works on paper. Drawing from Nordic storytelling and traditional myths, the artist seeks to convey basic human emotions such as fear, love, sadness, and guilt, which emerge from her work like memories from our own childhoods.
Klara Kristalova is represented by Galleri Magnus Karlsson.
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