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Pepper (2019) \u2013 Barbro Raen Thomassen<\/h3>\r\n \r\n
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Skulpturen Pepper<\/em> ble laget til utstillingen Personal Structures \u2013 Identities<\/em> i regi av European Cultural Centre under Veneziabiennalen i 2019. Den ble deretter transportert til Arendal, hvor den fikk sin plassering p\u00e5 gresset mellom Langs\u00e6vannet og bygningen.<\/p>\n

Det var takket v\u00e6re krydderet pepper at Venezia vokste frem som et mektig handelssentrum p\u00e5 1300-tallet. Men det var ogs\u00e5 pepperet som f\u00f8rte til Venezias fall i 1497, da Vasco da Gama oppdaget sj\u00f8veien til India, og Portugal tok over handelen. I sin storhetstid distribuerte Venezia over 400 tonn pepper i \u00e5ret. P\u00e5 denne tiden var pepper det mest ettertraktede krydderet i Europa, og det var et statussymbol for velst\u00e5ende husholdninger \u00e5 ha et kj\u00f8kken som kunne by p\u00e5 pepper. Pepperet var etter sigende s\u00e5 kostbart at havnearbeiderne m\u00e5tte jobbe i lommel\u00f8st arbeidst\u00f8y, s\u00e5 ikke de kunne lure unna pepperkorn.<\/p>\n

Raen Thomassen er opptatt av \u00adpotensialet i de sm\u00e5 ting. Hun ser \u00adetter det som ofte blir oversett og \u00adignorert, det som tidvis er usynlig og kan virke ubetydelig, men som likevel er av avgj\u00f8rende karakter.<\/p>\n

P\u00e5 skulpturens sokkel kan du lese:
\n\u201cPEPPER \u2013 THE RISE AND FALL OF \u00adVENICE. I, BARBRO RAEN \u00adTHOMASSEN, CREATED THIS BLACK PEPPER IN STONE IN THE YEAR 2019. I\u00b4M NORWEGIAN AND A WOMAN. I\u00b4M NOT ON FACEBOOK AND I HAVE NO MOBILE PHONE. PRAY FOR ME.\u00bb<\/p>\n

Barbro Raen Thomassen<\/strong> (f. 1955, T\u00f8nsberg) bor og arbeider i Birkenes kommune. Hun er utdannet ved Universitetet i Bergen, Vestlandets Kunstakademi og Ecole des Beaux Arts, Angers, Frankrike.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\r\n

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