An exhibition of Norwegian artist, Marit Tingleff’s art has opened at New Art Centre in Wiltshire.

 

Marit Tingleff is one of Norway’s foremost ceramic artists, with 30 years of experience as an artist. Tingleff’s art takes inspiration from traditional Norwegian pottery, but still has a significantly personal and modern idiom.

 

Marit Tingleff is known for having a strong decorative presence in her art, and for her distinctive artistic methods. Often working on large, monumental scales, she takes ordinary, domestic items – such as platters and chargers – and elevates them into powerful, sculptural objects. Tingleff’s art is often a product of experimentation, with spontaneous ways of mark making. For instant, the use of light and shadow to create perforation makes unique patterns and surface texture.

 

 

“Marit Tingleff’s plate forms are a tribute to the traditions of the design and decoration of ceramics, but their monumental proportions remove them from the realm of function, and conventional making processes “
– Sarah Griffin, curator

 

This is Marit Tingleff’s first solo exhibition at New Art Centre, and in the UK. The exhibition, Marit Tingleff: New Ceramics, will show numerous colourful art pieces.

 

 

The New Arts Centre was founded in 1958 and originally placed in Sloane Street, London. Since 1994 it has been located in Roche Court, Wiltshire, in a nineteenth-century house in parkland near Salisbury. The gallery works as a site of exhibitions and as an educational centre. The gallery focuses especially on sculpture art.

 

Top photo: Art by Marit Tingleff at New Art Centre (Photo by: Mariell Lind Hansell)