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Exhibition at Jysk Musik & TeaterhusAdrienne Agnew, Astrid Bernth and Lars RinggaardDuring Festival of Wonder the puppet Artists Adrienne Agnew, Astrid Bernth and Lars Ringgaard will exhibit at Jysk Musik & Teaterhus. Adrienne AgnewAdrienne Agnew is an artist and theatre designer. Born, raised and educated in art in USA, living in Denmark since 1972.Adrienne Agnew exhibits oil paintings and watercolours, teaches oil painting, works as designer at various theatres, often designing, building, and performing, for example at Vendsyssel Theater, Aalborg Theatre, Open Stage of Harrisburg, Festival of Wonder 2005, North Jutland Art Museum, and a Hans Christian Andersen DVD project in 2005. ‘The characters have given me a new means of expression and an entertaining way to work together with other artists and musicians, as well as allowing me to visualise my own thoughts and ideas. I have also used puppets as inspiration for paintings.’  Astrid BernthAstrid Bernth works and lives in Silkeborg. She is educated at the Arts and Crafts School in Basel, Switzerland. Astrid writes about her work with wooden puppets: ‘I see a person in a situation. This character crawls inside me, shows itself and has to be allowed to come to life.That is how my sculptures or puppets come to be, modelled in a wooden paste, and costumed with leather, or else carved in lime tree.’ Astrid Bernth has exhibited her works many places, for example the Artists’ Easter Exhibit in Århus, Old Town Århus, Åbenrå Museum, and a touring exhibit in Hungary arranged by the Danish Ministry of Culture.  Lars RinggaardLars Ringgaard lives and works in Bryrup. Lars writes about his work with puppets: ‘The process goes all the way from the dry wood to the character which finds its own life and its own personality.It is not always easy to be in control of the character emerging from the wood; at some point the medium takes over and a figure, usually caricature in nature, frees itself from the block: The wise man, the handsome prince, the pale worker, the evil monster, etc. The characters are not built for a purpose or to sell, but because they want to be made. Maybe someday they will figure out how to perform in a show about the dance of life.’ |
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