During her frequent visits to Berlin in the early eighties, Christina Linaris-Coridou starts working with found objects. They form the basis for her “diaries”, in which objects found in the street or wherever are sewn on to various backings. These objects, often ceramic shards, serve as carriers of memories and words and in this way become like archaeological  findings.

Since 1994 shards of old pottery found in Delft are an important source of inspiration for her work. Through her these fragments of history are revived to elements of present day life.

In 1996 she makes (together with R.J. Nottrot) an installation with the title “Emigrated Fragments” for the exposition “Dutch Light” in Evora, Portugal. A video movie in this installation illustrates the immigration of Delft shards into the town of Evora.

Many of her works one could name reconstructions. Plates, cups and bowls, but also complete dresses are constructed from old shards by means of needle and thread.

In 2000, with the aid of the town of Delft and the Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles, a series of plates in Delft blue was realized, again with old shards as a starting point.

In the work of Christina Linaris-Coridou shards and ceramics remain a recurrent theme.

Work of Christina Linaris-Coridou can be found in the collections of: Prinsenhof Museum Delft, Textielmuseum Tilburg, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (costume department), R.B.K., S.B.K. Amsterdam and in private collections in The Netherlands and abroad.

 

Andries Hummel