Gunnar Orn
dal 1/4/2004 al 6/5/2004
Segnalato da
1/4/2004
Gunnar Orn
Stalke Galleri, Copenhagen
Gunnar Orn's works appear very open, where the interpretation depends on the viewer's own approach, what one brings to the work. Thus one can see the works either as pure abstractions or as variations over light and landscapes.
The Journey Home
Stalke Gallery hereby has the pleasure of opening its doors to an exhibition
of works by Gunnar Orn.
Gunnar Orn (b. 1946) is considered as one of the most important Icelandic
artists, and he is represented in the Icelandic art museums as well as in
the Guggenheim Museum in New York. As an artist he is self-taught, and he
started exhibiting in the 1970's. His works have previously been shown at
Stalke Gallery in 1997 and 2000. In 1988 he represented Iceland at the
Venice Biennial.
In the 1980's his artistic style was closely related to an Icelandic
tradition with inspiration from nature and people's connection with it, but
in the later years he has developed a more abstract and spiritual style. His
work is less expressionistic and surrealistic, more meditative, where
colours and forms create calm and dream-like images. The colours are soft
pastels, light and transparent. A recurring shape in the works is a white
oval that is narrower at the bottom, which reminds one of a face or an
upside down drop of water. Thus, this shape fluctuates between two of Orn¹s
traditional motifs: humans and nature. Gunnar Orn often finds his
inspiration while meditating, and emphasizes an experience he had while
travelling in Greece, where he had an impression of travelling back in time
to his own creation. He characterises this experience as a feeling of
journeying home, to the beginning of the universe, which has given the
exhibition its title. It was also an experience that gave him a feeling of
being part of a larger whole, of a sense of unity with the world.
Gunnar Orn's works appear very open, where the interpretation depends on the
viewer's own approach, what one brings to the work. Thus one can see the
works either as pure abstractions or as variations over light and
landscapes.
Gunnar Orn's work is not limited to being a creative artist, he also runs
the exhibition space Kampur in Iceland, and has been a curator on several
exhibitions at other museums.
Opening Friday April 2nd from 5-8 pm
Opening hours: Tues. Â Fri. 1 - 5:30 pm, Sat. by appointment
The exhibition is on view until May 6th
Stalke Galleri
Vesterbrogade 184
Copenhagen 1800
Denmark
Phone. 0045-33211533