Rune Peitersen
dal 14/1/2005 al 19/2/2005
Segnalato da
14/1/2005
Rune Peitersen
Ellen de Bruijne, Amsterdam
The artist is bringing together pumping organs in rhythmic loops on dvd, and his latest photographs of gloomy and romantic moments. 'It is as if the depiction hereof in artworks function as a catalyst which help release these emotions and sensations in the viewers own mind. I try to capture and contain these moments in my work'
The Danish born Rune Peitersen has been experimenting with amorphous
flesh-coloured shapes since he was at the academy in The Hague. On early
paintings he let reddish paint stream over the canvas as slowly coagulating
blood. Later he created three-dimensional works with the aid of quick foam,
a dirty material that continues to slowly grow for hours, after being
applied. Eventually he started manipulating images of body parts using a
computer, but he never forgot the conventional paintbrush. It stayed always
on his mind.
In his works this results in images of weird lumps of flesh. Horrific
chunks of flesh, which reminds one of abortions or primitive life forms
from a distant planet.
In his solo-show at Ellen de Bruijne Projects Peitersen is bringing
together all his pumping organs in rhythmic loops on dvd, and his latest
photographs of gloomy and romantic moments.
"I have always been fascinated by the Romantic notion of art as an
expression of repressed emotions which occasionally burst through the
veneer of morals and rationality", says Peitersen. " It is as if the
depiction hereof in artworks function as a catalyst which help release
these emotions and sensations in the viewers own mind. In my subject matter
this has resulted in a search for moments in life in which these veiled
notions breaking through the surface of everyday consensus, for instance in
the act of making love, or having sex. I try to capture and contain these
moments in my work, from the idea that these desires and the experiences
that accompany them represent the purest expressions of human reality."
In Shower004 (2004) for instance, it is this moment, which is depicted and
repeated infinitely for the viewer: a melting of two figures whose actions
have been reduced to an endless perpetual movement, or 'movement-image'.
Image Car, C-print, 2004
Opening Saturday 15 January 17.00 - 19.00 hours
EdB Projects/Dolores
Rozengracht 207A
1016LZ Amsterdam
Gallery hours: Tu - Sat: 13.00 - 18.00 hours
1st Sunday of the month, Afflichem Route, 14.00 - 17.00 hours