Neon geometry. Agnes Forchhammer.
February 04 - 27, 2020
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Agnes Forchhammer presents her abstract paintings at Atticus art gallery after her triumph when, in 2019, the artist received the Geijutsu-sho award for painting.
The exhibition within the walls of the gallery is organic and paradoxical at the same time. Bela’s primary creative method can be called detachment from work, minimising the artist's participation in its creation and, at the same time, thoughtful, meditative observation of materials and tools that seem to live their own lives and have their own will. At the same time, the works exhibited in the Atticus art gallery are highly transparent and concise. This approach to art is harmoniously woven into the foundations of the Japanese way of life. The paradox of the exhibition is that a Danish artist professes this philosophy of art.
Agnes's work is diverse; each series is devoted to observing a particular painting technique or process. As a result of these processes, works appear, covered with a pattern of intertwining lines, exploding in colour, reminiscent of figurative painting or entirely far from the real, everyday world.
The audience is often surprised by the painter, researcher, and experimenter Agnes Forchhammer.
Agnes Forchhammer.
Q&A
Q:
Do you need a particular state of mind or a trigger to create a new piece or series?
A by AF:
Creation for me is a routine, not a moment of epiphany. I enter the studio, and the process begins on its own. The key is to be present.
Q:
Do you think your childhood influenced you as an author?
A by AF:
Childhood is the first collection of images. My memory still draws from that palette: the color of the wallpaper in the old house, the texture of asphalt after rain.
Q:
Was there a moment in your life when you first felt like an artist?
A by AF:
At the institute, when it wasn't my eloquence that defended me, but the work itself. It spoke for me, and everyone heard it.
Q:
What is art?
A by AF:
Art is a question posed to the world, to which the author themselves may not have an answer.