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 HORSE HEAD, 2010 FRESCO TEMPERA 33X55.5 IN. | 83.8X141 CM. EARTH IV, 2014 FRESCO TEMPERA 48X30 IN. | 122X76.2 CM. 
CONNECTION, 2014 FRESCO TEMPERA 33.5X28.5 IN. | 85X72.4 CM. 
TWO HORSES I, 2010 FRESCO TEMPERA 57X79 IN. | 144.8X200.7 CM. 
KAREN SALICATH by Catherine Bourlet
”It fascinates me that an object, which apparently is dead, such as the silence. As an inheritor of the proud traditions of the sculpture, Salicaths work
sculpture, can evoke so many emotions and create so much life”. speaks both the ancient and the modern language – with elements of both.
These are the words of Bob Rickett – and they match the work of Karen The themes are most often inspired by the Christian, the Greek and also
Salicath perfectly. the Nordic mythology: The Engel, the Seraph, Leda and the Swan, the sons
Karen Salicath is a young Danish artist, sculptor and ceramicist, born in 1968 of Gefion. This last myth, Nordic and popular, was the main theme in a
and graduated from the Danish School of Design, in Denmark, Copenhagen comprehensive exhibition presented at Gallery Art Front in Tokyo. Keen
in 1991. Hereafter she has participated in countless exhibitions throughout on creating a united room – but also communicate the story of the sons
the world – and has received a number of foundations and awards from of Gefion – Karen Salicath arrayed the different sculptures in a kind of
the international art scene. Her universe contains graceful sensual bodies installation The Water Room to which the American musician Bob Rickett
(often feminine) carved in granite or shaped in bronze, in deep and mused had composed an audio tape.

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