Tine Colen

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Tine Colen

Shoes/stones

2019

We traveled to Romania in two stages, taking the night train. Vienna was our stopover. While passing by the display cases filled with stones at the Natural History Museum, we noticed how many of the handwritten labels pointed to Romania as the place of origin. A few days later, it felt as though an agate had been placed in our path in Romania, as if it had been tossed at our feet.

 

marbled cedarwood with inlaid found semi-precious stones.

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About

After her training in the medium of painting, Tine Colen (1985) felt the need not to simply represent or imitate the world, but to be in the midst of things. Gradually, the following elements became characteristic of her work: The blurring of boundaries between art and functional objects by creating items that carry meaning and can sometimes be used / working with natural materials in a cyclical process, often defined by their temporary, seasonal nature, as well as human-made materials considered waste / seeking specific knowledge about plant usage through the study of ethnobotany and anthropology / a slow and labor-intensive making process, rooted in collective creation / generating value through the way objects are used, gifted, and passed on / using public space as a workshop, where the physical work sparks conversation, encounters, and change.

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