The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze
The Cast Soft Gaze

The Cast Soft Gaze

28.000,00 kr

Material: Bronze with different patina or coating, waxed, mounted on an onyx block
Dimensions: 44 × 13 × 24 cm
Edition: Limited edition of 50, each in varying patinas

The Cast Soft Gaze by Ditte Ejlerskov presents a restrained yet charged embodiment of the Goddess of Oxytocin, rendered in bronze with a calm, withdrawn presence. The sculpture captures a moment of controlled intimacy, where softness is not sentimental but deliberate, and care is held rather than expressed.

Emerging from Ejlerskov’s ongoing investigation into the biological and cultural mechanics of love, the work frames oxytocin not as romance, but as structure. The lowered gaze and composed facial expression suggest regulation and self-possession, while the shield-like extension from the neck introduces a physical boundary—protection as a necessary counterpart to connection.

Ejlerskov’s practice consistently examines the tension between attachment and survival. In The Cast Soft Gaze, this tension is formalized through contrast: smooth, serene facial planes against the assertive sculptural extension and the weight of the onyx block. The goddess figure becomes a stabilizing force—quiet, authoritative, and intact.

This sculpture invites a reconsideration of care as something guarded and intentional rather than freely given. Existing in a limited edition of 50, The Cast Soft Gaze is a work for collectors attuned to conceptual clarity, material precision, and a contemporary rethinking of myth through biology and form.

Lead time: 8-10 weeks.

Ditte Ejlerskov

Ditte Ejlerskov (b. 1982, Frederikshavn, Denmark) lives and works in Skælskør, Denmark.

Ejlerskov works with science fiction as a framework for constructing feminist and post-futuristic imaginaries. Across woven and painted works, bronze casts, 3D-printed and augmented-reality sculptures, installations, blockchain-based projects, film, and narrative structures, her practice examines the coexistence of myth and technology. Central to the work is an investigation of how emotional and embodied forms of knowledge may re-emerge within speculative futures shaped by rapidly advancing digital systems. Her work addresses the intersection of technology and human consciousness, positioning art as a space for reflecting on contemporary existence and its possible evolions.

Ejlerskov has exhibited extensively at museums and art institutions in Scandinavia and internationally. In Sweden, her exhibitions include Röda Sten Konsthall (Gothenburg), Malmö Konsthall, Malmö Art Museum, Kristianstad Art Museum, Uppsala Art Museum, Ystad Art Museum, The Museum of Sketches in Lund, and The Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm. In Norway, she has exhibited at Kristiansand Kunsthall, Stenersenmuseet (Oslo), KUBE (Ålesund), and Gallery North Norway (Harstad). In Denmark, she has presented solo exhibitions at Vendsyssel Kunstmuseum (Hjørring) and Nikolaj Kunsthal (Copenhagen), and participated in group exhibitions at ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Vejle Art Museum, KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, Museum Jorn, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, and Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Internationally, her work has been shown at MASP – Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Cneai (Chatou, France), Amos Rex (Helsinki), and CCA Andratx (Spain).