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Pipin Henderson: Figure, 1992. Patinated bronze, 195 x 45 cm.
Pipin Henderson’s work Figure from 1992 is a sculpture with a simple expression. It is cast in bronze and the artwork’s uneven surface creates effects in the material which here appears both light and shiny and dark and matte. Early on, Henderson created graphic work, drawing and painting but from the middle of the 1970’s she worked with sculpture in her artistic practice, and her emphasis was especially directed towards the sculpture’s light and shadow effect. With its simplicity the shape of Figure appears to be either an expression of abstraction or a piece of nature. Associations to the tree trunk is created just like Henderson’s worked bronze has a calloused surface. For many years Hen-derson lived at Bornholm where the special nature of the island became a source of inspiration.
Pipin Henderson (1924-2016, DK) studied at The Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen in 1947-1952. She lived at Bornholm from 1955 till 1988 and co-exhibited at the Artists Fall Exhibition several times. She had her first solo exhibition in 1962 at Athenæum Art Shop in Copenhagen and in the years between 1971 and 1973 she returned to The Royal Danish Academy of Art where she studied art pedagogy under Helge Bertram. In Denmark, she has had solo exhibitions at Galleri Gl. Strand, Galerie Egelund, Gallerihuset in Copenhagen and at Bornholm Art Museum, among others. Henderson’s works are part of the collections at The National Gallery, DK; Bornholms Art Museum, DK; Ystad Art Museum, SV; Stockholm National Museum, SV; The National Museum of Oslo, N and Malmö Museum, SV.
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