Mari Rantanen
dal 20/9/2006 al 20/10/2006
Segnalato da
20/9/2006
Mari Rantanen
Andrehn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
The artist has created an installation of paintings on the walls and floor based upon the Fibonacci numbers. Rantanen’s painting is characterised by the use of several panels. In the current installation the paintings consist of 1,2,3,5,8,13 and 21 panels respectively.
Solo exhibition
Andrehn-Schiptjenko has the pleasure of announcing a solo
exhibition with new works by Mari Rantanen. The exhibition opens
Thursday September 21, at 5 - 8 pm in the presence of the artist.
Rantanen has created an installation of paintings on the walls and
floor based upon the Fibonacci numbers. Leonardo Pisa Fibonacci
(1170-1250) introduced the Hindu Arabic decimal system and the Arabic
numbers in Europe and is regarded as one of the great mathematicians.
His series of numbers, where each figure is the sum of the two
preceding ones, thus 1,2,3,5 etc is the basis for the golden section
and has been used widely by artist as different as Marilyn Manson and
Mario Merz.
The strategy to use mathematics as a way to search for absolute truth
or universal divinity is not uncommon but Rantanen has also been
inspired by mosaics, baroque churches and trips to Ravenna and Pompeii.
The ambivalence of indoor and outdoor space acts as a metaphor for
existential questions, the shift between an inner and outer reality,
between fact and fiction, work and play.
Rantanen’s painting is characterised by the use of several panels. In
the current installation the paintings consist of 1,2,3,5,8,13 and 21
panels respectively. The central floor-painting is thus in 34 parts.
The references to classical and religious architecture as well as those
to Scandinavian constructivism and the intense colouring make this
installation into one that reflects Rantanen’s artistic œuvre in its
entirety.
Mari Rantanen (born 1956 in Helsinki, Finland) has been a professor at
the Royal University College of Arts 1996-2005. She has exhibited
widely throughout Europe and the United States and her work is to be
found in several private and public collections. Her most recent solo
exhibition was at Millesgarden 2005 (accompanying catalogue) and
her next institutional exhibition will be at Helsinki Konsthall, April
2007.
Andrehn-Schiptjenko
Markvardsgatan 2 - Stockholm