Media coverage and critical review
"Working in wax, cast into bronze, Hirth's figures stand at only 40
centimetres high and yet exude a staggering physical presence. ... she does not
depend on size, scale or weight for impact, using more subtle qualities like
posture and texture. The seductiveness of Hirth's sculptures is not
superficial, but rather comes from the palpable integrity of purpose. Hirth
resisted what she saw as pressure to produce work that dealt with the female
body only in terms of death, sex, decay and destruction. The fragile yet sturdy
beauty and the autonomy of her forms evince a complexity that is as raw and
transformative as the abject body of her 1990s contemporaries."
Cherry Smyth, Damn Fine Art
"Through their simplicity, elegance and serene expression Tove
conveys the strength and beauty inherent in the female form with both passion
and vitality."
Philip L Godsal
"Rarely does art receive such a massive and spontaneous response as
the sculpture "Jenta" received when she was unveiled at
– Hadeland,
"I wanted to create a sculpture that was very naturalistic. She's a
12-year old girl who is pretending to fly. I wanted her to look playful but
serious, like children playing often do, as a symbol of how education needs to
encompass both knowledge and creativity."
Tove Hirth, quoted in Ringerikes Blad
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