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The Danish sculptor Louise Hindsgavl (born 1973, lives in Copenhagen) is known for hybrid figurines made of porcelain and glazed stoneware: half animal, half human. Only their material evokes the idealized and kitschy scenes traditionally rendered in porcelain; however, Hindsgavl's "" sculptural collisions"" tell of disturbing encounters between tormented beast-like people. For that she draws from brutal folktales of the past as much as from the ubiquitous "" fairytales"" of today's social media that normalize violence, sexual abuse, and self-harm. Using one of the most fragile materials, she brings these trends into focus for discussion, calling her sculptures Conversation Pieces-- which is also the title of this interesting and provocative book.

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The Danish sculptor Louise Hindsgavl (born 1973, lives in Copenhagen) is known for hybrid figurines made of porcelain and glazed stoneware: half animal, half human. Only their material evokes the idealized and kitschy scenes traditionally rendered in porcelain. Nicolai Bejder is a Danish graphic designer and author based in Copenhagen. He runs Nicolai Bejder Studio, creating books, posters, and visual identities, and has received awards from the Danish Arts Foundation for his work. Maibritt Borgen is Associate Professor of art theory and Head of the Laboratory for Arts Research at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts. From 2020- 2023 she headed the cross-disciplinary artistic research project Digital Materialities. She has served as an external consultant on artistic research projects across Europe. Lisbeth Bonde is based in Copenhagen, and is the chair of Danish AICA. She was the art editor of the Danish daily newspaper Information from 1994 - 2002 and was an art critic/cultural journalist at the Danish weekly broadsheet Weekendavisen. She has written several books on art including Bad Nerves, about the Danish painter Lars Nø rgå rd, and Manual to Danish Contemporary Art (2007) in collaboration with the art critic Mette Sandbye.

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