S Y N E S T H E S I
A
Paintings and paperworks by
TOVE S. HELLERUD
Curated by
BASAK MALONE
You are cordially invited to the opening reception
Thursday, March 22, 6-8 pm
"Art is a portal leading into the oblivious",
the Norwegian abstract expressionist Hellerud once said. And it is
true.
Hellerud explains her work as whispers, whispers that
make the viewers listen.
Even though the colours and techniques used by Hellerud are very
interesting and perfectly applied, one of the most important part
of her work is storytelling.
Every painting plays a part, as paragraphs, in a larger story,
told as a continuous stream of paintings. The story, in her
abstract work, is not only her story, but also our story.
Hellerud's mission in this part of the process is to get us to
remember our own stories. She makes it possible for us to relate to
her work.
Hellerud is trained to paint figurative, but the abstract
expression is ,ore suitable to convey what she wants. The
form, colour and composition along with a combination of different
techniques make a fascinating dynamic expression. With a background
in fabric and sculpture, stretching of the materials boundaries is
an important element.
She plays with the two dimensional shape of the painting and
gives it a sense of space that you enter.
This is the place were the silent material tells stories. Her
background with fabric is seen in the multitude of different
textures Every single image has it's own journey, with emotion and
precision.
Creation and destruction is seen continuously as she creates new
layers and cover up the joy, and the struggle pulls in to the
observers body. The time taken to complete the paintings is clearly
seen in this layering, sometimes in the thickness and structure of
the paint. Time is also a great importance for Hellerud. For her
time increase the quality and value of the work ,and give it
quality.
"My work belong to the abstract painting, with a multitude
of possible variations, lyrical, geometrical, spontaneous, bimorf,
thick layers or minimalistic", Hellerud once said. The
multitude of possible variations the paintings often increases with
the viewers whose stories they tell.
She work my way into the painting, and strive to give and
imprint to the invisible.
The word Synesthesia means "joined sensation" ,and it refers to
an involuntary physical experience .It s about perception ,color ,
movement, shape, lines and lead us to impression ,and where art
comes from, and how to discover it.
The Exhibition is on view
through May 25, 2012