jane balsgaard

17jb TWISTED WATERANIMAL
willow and paper
17.75" x 59" x 11.75”, 2002
$5,800

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:
27jb UNTITLED
willow and paper
39" x 21" x 5.75", 2002
$3,000

20jb ASSEMBLAGE III
willow and paper
12.75" x 11.5" x 5”, 1995
$1,400

18jb ASSEMBLAGE I
willow and paper
13.75” x 16” x 7.5”, 1995
$1,900

19jb ASSEMBLAGE II
willow and paper
13.75” x 16” x 7.5”, 1995
$1,700

Selected exhibitions and venues:
Kunstgewerbmuseum, Trondheim, Norway; Pori Art Museum, Finland; International Biennales of Miniature Textiles, Szombathely, Hungary; Carillo Gil Museum, Mexico; Textiel-museum, Tilburg, the Netherlands; Lunds Konsthal, Sweden; International Biennales of Works in Paper, Leopold Hoesch Museum, Germany; Nagoya, Japan (In Our Hands; awarded a Sincol Prize); North Dakota Museum of Art, Fargo. 21jb BOOMERANG
willow and paper
21” x 26” x 1.75”
2002
$2,100

Statement:
A vibrating line in empty space is capable of filling a room far more than its singular presence would seem to allow. As I construct my sculptures, I seek to let space penetrate them.

I had studied sculpture at the Royal Danish Art Academy and at first I was not interested in working with paper. But the possibility of breaking the law of gravity with light, airy works tempted me. So I joined a course in paper sculpture at the Pacific Basin School of Textile Art in Berkeley in 1983. I have been working with plant paper ever since, experimenting with expressions in paper in connection with sticks and other finds from nature.

I keep a large collection of natural materials for use in my work and I have tested most of the plants for papers in my garden. I have discovered the best seaweed comes from the fjord by my summerhouse. Some of the plants I treat in the old arte povera concept, forcing them to grow in another direction in order to fit in the shape of a future sculpture.
Jane Balsgaard

28jb PAPER TOWER, 7.25' x 31.5" x 27.5", 2007, $30,000

Catalog #27
A SCANDINAVIAN SENSIBILITY
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Catalog #32
ON PAPER
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To purchase the artwork of Jane Balsgaard
or to obtain information about other available works, contact:
Tom Grotta
browngrotta arts

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18jb ASSEMBLAGE I willow and paper 13.75” x 16” x 7.5”, 1995 $1,900	19jb ASSEMBLAGE II willow and paper 13.75” x 16” x 7.5”, 1995 $1,700


Catalog #27 A SCANDINAVIAN SENSIBILITY click for more information	Catalog #32 ON PAPER click for more information