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Artist Statement:
The ineffable phenomenal part
of our experiences is one of
the few things we truly own.
What it is like to see a blue
sky, taste coffee or wine is
very difficult if not
impossible to communicate.
The subjectivity of our
experiences is, in my opinion,
one of the foundation stones
of the self. That is why I
find it so important to
increase awareness of it in
this world of encroaching
second-hand impressions and
ever growing superficiality.
By removing the hooks that
make it all too easy to make
conditioned suppositions of
what our senses communicate. I
want to increase this
subjective awareness by
creating tensions through
contrasts and ambiguities
within my objects:
Familiarity & Alienation
Organic & Formal
Simple & Complex
Normal & Abnormal
Traditional & New
Individual & Universal
The common shape of the
cylinder forms the basis of my
work. By deconstructing and
reconstructing this form I
keep on challenging a
traditional view of this
familiar object.
I reposition the object in a
3-dimensional space.
I enlarge the form to an
almost human scale.
I occupy the walls of the
cylinder with a structure that
simultaneously divides and
supports. This structure
starts to inhabit the
contained space instead of the
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Exhibitions for Hans Borgonjon:
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Exhibition at Chapel Row Gallery, Bath, March 2008
Exhibition at Out of The Blue Gallery, Bath, June 2008
Exhibition at The Sehmar Gallery, Bath, June 2008
Pending exhibition ‘Get fresh’ Devon Guild, Bovey Tracy
Pending Exhibition at Woodstock (Oxford)
Selected for the open Arts & Crafts competition at Black Swan Arts, Frome, 2008
Selected for the Emerging Makers Scheme Matrix 2008, Bristol
Awarded the development award by the Crafts Council 2008
Selected for inclusion in ‘500 Ceramic Sculptures’ Lark Books, to be published May 2009
Private collections in Bath, Kent, Ghent (Belgium) and Barcelona (Spain).
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