121, Rue Vieille-du-Temple, 75003, Paris, France
Open: Tue-Sat 11am-7pm
Sat 30 Nov 2024 to Sat 1 Mar 2025
121, Rue Vieille-du-Temple, 75003 Laura Bergsøe: Tree Tales
Tue-Sat 11am-7pm
Artist: Laura Bergsøe
Galerie Maria Wettergren presents Laura Bergsøe’s first solo exhibition in France, Tree Tales.
Ash Soul Sconce, 2024
Ash veneer, plywood
47 × 37 × 32 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall With courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Maria Wettergren
Birch veneer, plywood
82 × 39 × 32 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall With courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Maria Wettergren
Flamed birch, sandblasted iron suspension
40 × 32 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall With courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Maria Wettergren
American maple and brass
74 × 104 × 37 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall With courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Maria Wettergren
Myrtle, sandblasted iron suspension
40 × 32 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall With courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Maria Wettergren
Myrtle veneer and aluminium frame
55 × 55 × 4,5 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall With courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Maria Wettergren
Myrtle veneer, with silver details and aluminium frame
64 × 64 × 6 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall With courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Maria Wettergren
Wood and brass
47 × 59 × 20 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall With courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Maria Wettergren
Wood and brass
22 × 44 × 49 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall With courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Maria Wettergren
Oak burl and silver
53 × 62 × 62 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall With courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Maria Wettergren
Wood and silver
215 × 55 × 20 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall With courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Maria Wettergren
Italian olive wood and bronze
67 × 23 × 5,5 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall With courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Maria Wettergren
Japanese tamo veneer, plywood
53 × 60 × 32 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall With courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Maria Wettergren
Danish truffle beech, bronze, brass, leather
275 × 72 × 90 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall With courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Maria Wettergren
Danish truffle beech, silver, ebony, leather
170 × 46 × 120 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall With courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Maria Wettergren
Wood and bronze
120 × 180 × 3 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall With courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Maria Wettergren
American walnut and bronze
50 × 55 × 35 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall With courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Maria Wettergren
500-years-old walnut from Champagne region, ebony, silver, champagne-colored raw diamonds, iron, leather
175 × 107 × 56 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall
American flamed maple, silver, mammoth tooth, iron-meteorite, amber with incrusted insects
100 × 150 × 5 cm
Photo credits: ©Jakob Dall With courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Maria Wettergren
The Tree Tales exhibition is a fairy tale of trees. Profoundly in love with wood, the Danish designer and Master-cabinet maker Laura Bergsøe has devoted her life to revealing the personality and “soul” of the trees that she sources all over the world for her dream-like tables, shelves, lamps and wall reliefs. Bergsøe works with the uniqueness of each piece of wood – its veins and knots, twists and turns - which she enhances through precious metals and materials, such as liquid silver, bronze and raw diamonds, delicately inserted into the wood. Rich with imaginative details, such as butterfly joints, bronze and silver ornaments or mammoth tooths, Bergsøe turns the inside of the tree into a wonderland of sprouts and flowers, butterflies, silver lakes and diamond drops.
Bergsøe’s sculptural works masterly combine the natural and the precious, bearing witness to the heritage of both Art Nouveau and Art Deco with their ornamental naturalism and noble materials and techniques. Her intention is to pass on her material understanding and enjoyment of wood through a high degree of tactility and craftsmanship, and to create a sense of wonder and responsibility towards the planet and its resources. Each piece is unique and holds a Signature Spike, a pure silver spike, placed into the side of the piece, which can be removed to reveal its story and origin.
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