 Jan Lambert Kruse
Jan Lambert Kruse är fascinerad av mötet mellan två så olika men ändå lika material som glas och järn. Han är förutom smed och glasblåsare även intresserad av trädgårdsodling - tre genuina intressen och kunskaper som kommer till uttryck i organiska skulpturer.
- I mina arbeten tänker jag på frökappslar, frukter och insekter utan att för den skull försöka avbilda naturen utan skapa en ny.
Förutom "puppor" visar Jan Lambert Kruse i den här utställningen även upplysta skulpturer, bland annat en kokong där järnet är bortplockat och glaset monterat på en järnfot samt "hattifnattar" - skulpturer där han först gjort glaset och sedan tillverkat järnet så att man får en förnimmelse av att glaset trängt upp ur och utvidgat glaset.
Jan Lambert Kruse’s objects position themselves somewhere between applied and fine art. His
working methods of welding iron and blowing glass are deeply rooted in traditional craft. Iron
thread moulds, for example, have long been used for manufacturing lamps in Italy. However,
Kruse’s works often refuse any application. Some of his sculptures have lights inside, some don’t.
What is for sure is that they capture a mystical atmosphere, paying tribute to both the forces and
secrets of nature.
United in their long tradition in crafts, glass and iron still could hardly oppose one another more.
One exemplifies fragility and transparence; the other metallic strength. Swedish artist Jan Lambert
Kruse playfully uses these oppositions to create his fantastic glass objects. Jan liquifies glass
languidly leaking out of pipes and hanging off cage like structures.
Relying on the most basic of shapes, his organic sculptures are reminiscent of natural phenomena.
In “Milky Way”, a swirl of frosted glass bulbs lined up on spiralling metal threads flows in the air. It
is surrounded by multicoloured spheres, imitating an imaginary universe. While in this piece the
metal plays a supporting role, more complicated forms like the bubbly “Cocoon”-series shape the
glass with a cage made of iron threads. The glass is frozen just as it begins to expand, displaying the
restricting forces of metal.
Public work:
2007 Chandelier entréhall,
Oskarshamn Cultural house,
Oskarshamns Kommun, 2007.
Together with Maria Ängquist
Klyvare
2006 Chandeliers entréhall, Arena
Oskarshamn, Oskarshamns
kommun, 2006. Together with
Maria Ängquist Klyvare
1990 Navigation mark,
Hägerstenshamnen, Stockholm
Stipendier:
2004 IASPIS, International cultural
exchange, trip to Japan
2002 Swedish arts council, 2-year
working grant
2003 Iron Fire and Glass symposium,
Hälleforsnäs
2003 Glassymposium i Terezin,
Tjeckien.Utbildning
Education:
1990-91 National collage of art
Crafts and design, special
student glass dep.
1986-90 National collage of art
Crafts and design, Metal
department.
1985-86 Nyckelviksschool
1987-96 Black smith and assistent
for artist Pierre Olofsson
1993 Pilchuck Glass school, USA
Solo exhibitions
2010 Direktorenhaus, Gallery
Johanssen Berlin
2009 Gallery KHVC, Örebro
2009 Gallerie Johanssen, Berlin
2006 Exhibition hall Not Quite,
Fengerfors
2006 Magasinet, Strömbacka Bruk
2005 Lerverk Gallery, Göteborg
2005 Nääs Konsthantverk, Nääs
2005 Gallery Utställningar
Solo exhibitions:
2010 Direktorenhaus, Gallery
Johanssen Berlin
2009 Gallery KHVC, Örebro
2009 Gallerie Johanssen, Berlin
2006 Exhibition hall Not Quite,
Fengerfors
2006 Magasinet, Strömbacka Bruk
2005 Lerverk Gallery, Göteborg
2005 Nääs Konsthantverk, Nääs
2005 Gallery Glas Ett, Stockholm
2005 Gallery Kalejdo, Uppsala
2002 Gallery Moroten, Stockholm
1998 Borlänge kommun
1997 Gallery Glas Ett, Stockholm
1996 Gallery Astley
1996 Gallery S, Östersund
1994 Sagågalleriet
1993 Gallery Westlund, Stockholm.
Group exhibitions:
2009 Exhibition hall, Askersund
2008 Nationalgalleriet, Stockholm
2006 Nationalgalleriet, Stockholm.
2006 Galleri Sintra, Gothenburg
2005 Sassoulo, Italien
2005-2008 100 thoughts about Arts and
crafts, touring exhibition
2005 Formbart, Liljevalchs Vårsalong
2004 International Exhibition of
Glass, Kanazawa, Japan
2000 Gallery Glas Ett
2000 Dekad, Gallery Glas Ett på
Brandt Contemporary Glass
1999 Gallery Plaisiren
1999 Gallery Glas Ett
1997 Gallery Glas Ett
1996 Gallery Glas Ett
1994 Gallery Lilla Bleu
1993 Gallery Lilla Bleu
1991 Gallery Blås & Knåda,
Stockholm
1990 Gallery Blås & Knåda,
Stockholm
1987 Gallery 18A, Stockholm
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