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I otte år har Christina James Nielsen (f. 1974) arbejdet inden for genren skulpturel tegning. I tynd metaltråd former og gennemarbejder hun sit motiv, der herefter fastgøres på en hvid baggrund. Ofte er der tale om kvindeportrætter, i halv- eller helfigur, og en rigtig god virkning opstår, når kunstneren lader et stykke stof illudere en kjole eller en bluse, eller et diminutivt blondelommetørklæde pludselig får lov at spille med. Christina Nielsen evner at udnytte materialets grafiske potentiale optimalt og har samtidig fuldt styr på sin håndværksmæssige overlegenhed. Hun holder sin sti frygtindgydende ren og forfalder aldrig til effektjageri. 



La Tribune, Edition A07 - Numéro 14 
Expo: Terres d'ecritures, Grignan 2010

Fragilié....éternite
....Christina James Nielsen travaille le trait, la ligne, le fil de fer, mobile et déformable autant qu'il est possible, mais avec quelle grâce, quelle delicatesse, l'humour en plus.
Scénes de la vie conjugale, féminité tellement assumée, ses tableaux et sculptures sont d'aujourd'hui, ils sont la vie. Elle affirme apprécier particulièrement ce matériau du fait qu'il ouvre toutes les portes par sa jeunesse dans l'histoire de l'art et justement sa flexibilité.Elle précise également que l'ombre portée du fil crée une nouvelle histoire.

Cathrine Béraud-Dufour



La Tribune, Edition B26-Numéro 15
Expo: Terres d'ecritures, Grignan 2010

Jusqu'au 27 avril, l'association "Terres d'ecritures" de Grignan expose les æuvre de Christina Jmaes Nielsen et Shaun G. Day, différent dans la technique mais très en harmonie dans cette présentation.
Christina dessine et structure au fil de fer des personnages et objects, qu'elle habille, surtout des femmes, avec sensualité et originalité.
Les courbes et les contrastes du noir et blanc, souvent utilisés, ajoutent une note mystérieuse et secr`te aux créations.
Shaun, lui nous ramène à la douceur, au clair obscur des peintures du XVIIe siècle, intimité des intérieures et des objects de tout les jours, la poésie d'une belle robe décolletée qui attand le prochaine bal sur un mannequin, la rondeur d'une bouilloire patinée par l'usage.
Au total une exposition riche de 68 æuvres, de ces deux artistes, chaleureux et inventifs, venus du Danemark pour les présenter et qui aiment Grignan oú ils ont réside pendant plusiers années. 
D.M.

March 2014

"Pilgrims on the Road to Meaning" - Christina James Nielsen


In his Reith lectures Grayson Perry called artists "Pilgrims on the Road to Meaning". At New Blood Art we wanted to gain insight into our artists personal roads to meaning so we asked them 3 questions. We have had some fantastic responses, which we will be sharing with you over the weeks to come. Here is our first from Christina James Nielsen.

‘Do you remember the first time you were asked, “What do you do?” and responded with “I’m an artist”, and how you felt?'
I remember the first time I said "I am an artist" - it was fantastic, scary and like throwing myself in the deep end! Now I say it everyday and the most common response is 'WOW, really - can you really live of that? - Good question, I do live from my art but I also wear other people’s old clothes, cut my own hair and make my own everything! (I love my work so never mind).

Do you have any rituals or routines to help the creative process? 
The creative process is my life, I am in it all the time - it is like a clock inside my head, instead of saying tick tick it says 'ohh I wonder what would happen if I did a (this is just an example) sculptural drawing of a wedding dress, if I used more layers or different types of metal for the skirt, it could be life size but I could also present it in details - could also be a bra upside down - maybe in a round frame, wonder were I could find a round frame - oh I should really just do the drawing I planned first - but maybe just a little sketch of the dress to see were it could go.....). My struggle is to actually get the work done before my mind is too busy with the next piece of art - sometimes the constant stream of creative ideas leaves me exhausted but not capable of sleeping! I do find that it can be helpful to write the ideas down but somehow it feels like killing them - having to simply explain an idea in a few written lines does not allow for the imaginary, visual richness to live!
 

What was the best piece of advice you were given? 
The best piece of advice I have been given, I have been given many times! So many teachers and artists have told me just how important drawing is…I spent years of 'guessing my way' through how to create good work - until I FINALLY understood why you have to draw first!



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