Rose Eken, 2022
Oysters and Cigarettes - Bronze Sculpture by Rose Eken
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DKK 10,000
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In her sculpture "Oysters and Cigarettes," Rose Eken gathers the remnants of a night in the punk music scene. Through her focus on small, everyday objects, Eken captures what is left behind after the event, guiding viewers to read the narrative of the era through common foods and objects. Cast in black and green patinated bronze, the debris of a single evening is given the weight of a monument. By transforming the everyday into bronze, Eken preserves the ordinary texture of that period rather than its headline images.
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- Artist
- Rose Eken
- Year
- 2022
- Material
- Black and green patinated bronze
- Dimensions
- Appro x . 14 x 5 cm
- Edition
- Limited edition of 30 + 4 Artist's Proofs (AP)
- Signature
- Engraved
Materials and making
Cast bronze
Bronze holds detail that few materials can. Each bronze is cast from the same mould and hand-chased to retain the detail of the artist's original. Patina is applied individually, so tonal and surface variation should be expected across the edition.
- Material
- Black and green patinated bronze
- Dimensions
- Appro x . 14 x 5 cm
- Edition
- Limited edition of 30 + 4 Artist's Proofs (AP)
- Signature
- Engraved
01
Mould and wax
The artist's original is captured in a flexible mould, from which a hollow wax replica is taken and refined by hand until every surface matches the source.
02
Lost-wax casting
The wax is encased in a ceramic shell and fired; the wax runs out and molten bronze is poured into the void it leaves, taking on the exact form of the original.
03
Chasing and assembly
The rough cast is released from its shell, sprues removed, and seams chased away by hand so the metal reads as a single continuous surface.
04
Patina and finish
The finished bronze is coloured with heat and chemistry, then sealed with a hand-applied patina unique to each edition.
Made at
Fonderia Artistica Mariani
Italy · Est. 1952
Founded in 1952, Fonderia Artistica Mariani is an Italian art foundry known for precision bronze casting. Each work is cast using the traditional lost-wax and vacuum-shell methods that capture the finest surface detail, then chased, finished and patinated by hand.
Visit Fonderia Artistica Mariani →Lead time: 8-12 weeks
Film
Rose Eken, film courtesy the artist.
The artist
Rose Eken
1976, Copenhagen, Denmark · Ceramics, Sculpture, Installation
Rose Eken creates hand-painted ceramic miniatures and large-scale installations that document the detritus of everyday life and subculture, in particular the punk and music scenes. Her work functions as a contemporary archaeology, preserving ephemeral objects in clay to explore memory and cultural heritage.
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Details
- Artist
- Rose Eken
- Title
- Oysters and Cigarettes - Bronze Sculpture by Rose Eken
- Year
- 2022
- Material
- Black and green patinated bronze
- Dimensions
- Appro x . 14 x 5 cm
- Edition size
- Limited edition of 30 + 4 Artist's Proofs (AP)
- Signature / marking
- Engraved
- Publisher
- Edition Solenne, Copenhagen
- Primary market release
- 2022
- Acquisition
- Acquired directly from Edition Solenne
- Lead time
- 8-12 weeks
- Certificate
- Signed and numbered by the artist and publisher
- Returns
- Consumers in the EU may withdraw within 14 days of delivery, except where the work is produced to individual specification, as stated on the invoice. Contact us within 7 days if the work arrives damaged.
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