Eva Sørensen var en dansk billedhugger. Fra 1958 var hun under uddannelse hos maleren Mogens Andersen samt på danske og italienske keramiske værksteder og skoler.
Eva Sørensen var i 1960'erne en fremtrædende keramiker i det danske kunsthåndværkermiljø. I 1972 bosatte hun sig i Pietrasanta nord for Pisa og senere ved Lago Maggiore i Italien, hvor hun arbejdede med sine ofte store skulpturer i grøn granit.
Eva Sørensen var en af sin generations betydeligste skulptører og lavede flere værker til det offentlige rum, bl.a. i fødebyen Herning, til Ordrupgaardsamlingens park (1992) og ved Dansk Polarcenter på Christianshavn, København (afsløret 2003).
Sørensens skulpturer, hvis formsprog bygger på stenens muligheder, er i bearbejdning beslægtet med nordiske steler og varder og er ofte erotiske i udtrykket.
Eva Sørensen var medlem af Grønningen (1968-1979 og fra 1989) og modtager af bl.a. Eckersbergs Medalje (1979) og Carl Nielsen og Anne Marie Carl Nielsens Legat (1992). I 1982 var hun Danmarks repræsentant på biennalen i Venezia.
Skulpturen blev opsat i 1979
Eva Sørensen was a Danish sculptor. From 1958 she studied with the painter Mogens Andersen as well as at Danish and Italian ceramic workshops and schools.
In the 1960s, Eva Sørensen was a prominent ceramicist in the Danish artisan community. In 1972 she settled in Pietrasanta north of Pisa and later at Lago Maggiore in Italy, where she often worked with her large sculptures in green granite.
Eva Sørensen was one of the most significant sculptors of her generation and made several works for the public space, including in the birthplace Herning, to Ordrupgaardsamlingens park (1992) and at the Danish Polar Center in Christianshavn, Copenhagen (unveiled 2003).
Sørensen's sculptures, whose idiom is based on the possibilities of stone, are similar in processing to Nordic steles and cairns and are often erotic in expression.
Eva Sørensen was a member of Grønningen (1968-1979 and from 1989) and recipient of, among other things, Eckersberg's Medal (1979) and Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl Nielsen's Legacy (1992). In 1982, she was Denmark's representative at the Venice Biennale.
The sculpture was erected in 1979
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