Tjockmagar (Fat Tummies)
Two low bronze sculptures depict two animals of indefinite nature standing on their hind legs next to each other. The animals have a triangular shape. Their broad-legged position forms the base. The bodies then taper continuously up towards the small heads. Their stomachs have a softly rounded shape but do not bulge as much. The front legs are very small and hang along the sides. There is a small space between the two animals that stand with their heads slightly tilted towards each other. The heads are triangular, the ears are small and the mouth under the triangular nose is slightly ajar. The gaze in the globular eyes might meet your gaze?
The small bronze figures draw the viewer’s attention. Are they standing and sniffing out something, or is it pride the figures are expressing as they stretch out their soft little cone-shaped bodies toward the sky?
May Lindholm is interested in how we talk with our bodies and is inspired by both everyday encounters and professional dance. The results are humorous and psychologically astute depictions. Even when it’s animals she sculpts, they appear as very human.
About this group of sculptures, the artist says the following: ‘The Fat Tummies are kind and anyone who has patted the warm stomach of a puppy knows how cosy a fat little tummy can be.’
Her artworks can be composed of many different materials, but Lindholm always starts by sculpting in clay. The farm she grew up on stood on clay soil and the material has been close to her heart since childhood.
May Lindholm grew up in Norway and studied at both the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in Oslo and at the Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. She now lives in Dalarna and works with sculptures and environmental art.
Nearby, you will also find the bronze sculpture Två kusiner (Two Cousins) and benches in terrazzo cement. Both the benches and the sculptures were designed by May Lindholm and installed in 2003.
Konstverk: Tjockmagar (Fat Tummies)
Konstnär: May Lindholm
År: 2003
Material: Bronze
Placering: Almbyskolan, Prostvägen 10B
Ägare: Örebro Municipality
Konstverkets position på karta
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