Bente Simonsen

Statement

From my very childhood I've been fascinated of patterns and structures, and from early off I tried to detect how different things were constructed. In 3rd grade I discovered Geometry and The Golden Section and it became the sky rocket of my life. Soon I fancied myself to be an abstract artist — at the age of ten. But the Jante Law soon got me down on earth. Nobody in my surroundings found any value in such childish plays. I was plain stupid, and they succeeded in making me believe it. Nevertheless I've always continued to work with 'concrete things' and always had a love for geometry and mathematic (on a very low level). But because I was stupid, I really believed that, it was no idea to study such things on a higher level, which I deeply regret to day. Still I have my fun. I love making impossible constructions or finding new ways of using geometry.

Artworks

Globe made by combining extented pentagrams. Three legged figures show in between.

Dodecahedron created of 12 hexagons folded and turned into concave pentangons by removing one sixth of each hexagon.