CATHRINE RABEN DAVIDSEN PRESENTS A SERIES OF CLAY POT VASES, VESSELS AND URNS INSPIRED BY PREHISTORIC MEXICAN TERRACOTTA, GERMAN BELLARMINE STONEWARE AND FACEMASK URNS FROM THE LATE BRONZE AGE.
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SOME OF THESE VESSSELS WERE USED AS OCCULT WITCH BOTTLES WITH THE PURPOSE OF EXPELLING EVIL SPIRITS. BY PLAYFULLY ADAPTING THIS STYLISTIC EXPRESSION TO HER OWN CLAY POTS, CATHRINE RABEN DAVIDSEN INTRODUCES THE ASSOCIATION TO THE GHOSTLY AND SPIRITUAL IN HER WORK, SURROUNDING THE OLD TRADITION WITH A MODERN MYSTIQUE.