| Exhibition September 29th to October 17th 2009 Opening Wednesday, September 30th 2009 (5-7pm) |
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HOLDEN
(CANADA)The Stillness of Motion: Changing Polar Landscapes by Holden is a visual contemplation of the spatial-temporal concepts of motion and change as they act upon our polar spaces. The work examines both natural change, over time scales that range from the diurnal and seasonal to the geological, as well as the human-induced changes that threaten to disrupt the human and ecological balance of these regions and the larger planetary ecosystem. In line with contemplative traditions such as Zen Art or Miksang, Holden’s photographic practice emphasizes the experiential qualities of seeing as a path to awakening. From this philosophical perspective, there is no distinction between the photograph, the photographed and the photographer, no subject and object, no seer and seen, no barriers between mind and space. It is all experience. Once basic technical considerations are mastered, the camera is no more than an extension of the mind, a tool to focus one’s attention on space and time. These images are the manifestation of that focus.
KRIVDA
(SWITZERLAND)“I use the computer as a painting tool in the same way other artists use the brush. From purely visual point of view, I have to acknowledge the influence of Barnett Newman and Gene Davis. They created, if I may borrow terminology from classical music, duets and trios and in the case of Gene Davis perhaps even septets and octets. I, on the other hand, wanted to create symphonies, with much greater variability in colour, width and distribution of individual vertical lines. Using the computer, I hope that I was able to create a more subtle, sophisticated colour play. These images are not generated by the computer, they are a result of endless search for a harmonious pattern. As an engineer with a mathematical background, I need a solid framework upon which I can work - in my case, these are the vertical lines. As an artist, I would like to be free and this freedom is reflected in the horizontal direction. The fact that you are restricted in the first (vertical) direction does not imply that you are restricted at all. This artificially introduced limitation forces you to be more creative in the second (horizontal) direction.”
SNOEK
(HOLLAND)Snoek is an upcoming Dutch artist. Her work combines elements from nature with those from industrialism using powerful colors. Snoek has exhibited in Europe and is selling worldwide.
COTÉ
(CANADA)I paint what I am - a woman touched by love, desire and sensuality. My pictures are essentially a sharing of these real feelings occupying my body. In a natural way, from naked emotion, the body is vaunting with total freedom. Its motion is a poetic language which invites us to dream. With intimacy as my support, my subject's state is intensified. Colours are linked to feelings and give off sought-after human heat, these feelings often missing in our modern lives. My goal is to touch viewers with my work.
