"For me, nature is not landscape, but the dynamism of visual forces.”
- Bridget Riley
Inner Landscapes is a collaborative exhibition between PAPER and HilbertRaum taking place in Berlin during August. The exhibition is curated by Lisa Denyer, and alongside her solo exhibition, Lisa has curated a small snapshot of two of the exhibiting artists.
Snapshot showcases the work of two of the artists exhibiting in Inner Landscapes, Tina Dempsey and Oliver Binnian. The focus on these two artists provides an extension of the dialogue between PAPER and the exhibition Inner Landscapes happening simultaneously in Berlin.
The exhibition considers intuitive decision making and the consequential actions of this type of painting as an activity. Residual landscape associations are apparent, as notions of the sublime and our fundamental emotive response to form and colour are investigated, tapping into contemporary ideas of desire and longing.
These responses are elicited through experimentation into shape, pattern, and texture as part of the orchestration of chance elements that contribute towards the painting process; a process that can be slow and considered, yet reflective of the sensory overload and the bombardment of daily life. It relates to the body, the physical world, the transient nature of city living, and the virtual.
A type of mediation between the between the physical world and the digital experience can be felt in the work, where perceptions of visual depth, layering and the illusionistic qualities of the picture plane are juxtaposed with the physical attributes of texture, weight and gesture.
The exhibition incorporates influences from place, history and nature, creating a new interpretation of these ideas through an abstract language. This slippage in turn creates new interpretations of reality and new worlds to inhabit.
- Bridget Riley
Inner Landscapes is a collaborative exhibition between PAPER and HilbertRaum taking place in Berlin during August. The exhibition is curated by Lisa Denyer, and alongside her solo exhibition, Lisa has curated a small snapshot of two of the exhibiting artists.
Snapshot showcases the work of two of the artists exhibiting in Inner Landscapes, Tina Dempsey and Oliver Binnian. The focus on these two artists provides an extension of the dialogue between PAPER and the exhibition Inner Landscapes happening simultaneously in Berlin.
The exhibition considers intuitive decision making and the consequential actions of this type of painting as an activity. Residual landscape associations are apparent, as notions of the sublime and our fundamental emotive response to form and colour are investigated, tapping into contemporary ideas of desire and longing.
These responses are elicited through experimentation into shape, pattern, and texture as part of the orchestration of chance elements that contribute towards the painting process; a process that can be slow and considered, yet reflective of the sensory overload and the bombardment of daily life. It relates to the body, the physical world, the transient nature of city living, and the virtual.
A type of mediation between the between the physical world and the digital experience can be felt in the work, where perceptions of visual depth, layering and the illusionistic qualities of the picture plane are juxtaposed with the physical attributes of texture, weight and gesture.
The exhibition incorporates influences from place, history and nature, creating a new interpretation of these ideas through an abstract language. This slippage in turn creates new interpretations of reality and new worlds to inhabit.
Oliver Binnian
Tina Dempsey
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