Porcelain Bone Ladder
Nordskoven
The Porcelain Bone Ladder is a ladder made of bones. The bones have been modeled and cast in porcelain and tied together with rope to form a ladder that hangs from a branch. The ladder disappears up among the leaves. The Porcelain Bone Ladder was created for an outdoor exhibition in the park at the De Gamles By nursing home complex in Nørrebro, Copenhagen. Today, it hangs from a tree in Deep Forest Art Land.
Title: Porcelain Bone Ladder
Year: 2013
Materials: Porcelain, rope
The Artist
Tina Uhrskov is a Danish visual artist based in Copenhagen. She graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2002.
Tina Uhrskov explores narratives that touch on time and family, structures, gender identity, belonging, and systems of memory. She works both conceptually and intuitively, employing techniques that range from the fast to the slow: drawing, silkscreen printing, embroidery, sewing, ceramics, sculpture, installation, and text. Her works contain a wide range of references to art and literary history, as well as to mythology and popular culture.