Thomas Akhøj Ibsen

Kunstner, kunstklinker & Cand.Mag. i filosofi og kulturformidling

Why Creative People Sometimes Make No Sense

I’ve been having an insightful shuffle through Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s book Creativity: The Work and Lives of 91 Eminent People. Mihaly is a seminal professor of Psychology and Management, and is the Founding Co-Director of the Quality of Life Research Center at Claremont. He writes: “I have devoted 30 years of research to how creative people live and work, to make more understandable the mysterious […]

A trinity of Femme fatales 2/3

  This is a man’s, man’s, man’s world But it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl This beautiful creature is made of old camera optics, my Danish passport, glue, resin, epoxy, toy wheels and small globe known as Earth. It resonates the fact that your chances in life are determined by where you are born. Aswell as […]

A trinity of Femme fatales 1/3

I have created a series of female/feminine sculptures – and it´s called A Trinity of Femme Fatales. They are still designed in a kind of ugly-aesthetic way, but there can be no doubt. These dangerously seductive ladies will bring insight, danger and renewed lust to your life. There is nothing like being attracted to – and seduced by a well-placed rubble […]

Epozy or kintsugi – That is the question?

I made a small business that renovates broken ceramics and pottery. It´s called Reparatio – Reparation af Keramik and it´s a startup business. Very niche! One day I was googling the competition and I found this video from School Of Life. It´s about ‘Kintsugi’ and that is a remarkable Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with elegance and grace. I think […]

Quick Guide to Art History for Dummies

  Art History Timeline The history of art is immense, the earliest cave paintings pre-date writing by almost 27,000 years! If you’re interested in art history, the first thing you should do is take a look at this table which briefly outlines the artists, traits, works, and events that make up major art periods and how art evolved to present […]