Myriam Holme Myriam Holme’s artistic work is characterised by wonderfully poetic pictorial compositions that vacillate between dense and glittering surfaces, shining and matt structures, delicate and massive elements. After having familiarised ourselves with one element and associating a known object or an experience with it, the familiarity we seem to have felt is dispersed the very next moment, giving way to absolute uncertainty in face of the material. Acrylic meets stain, loosely applied paint meets bamboo poles, crystalline stones meet dull platforms. The active viewing of Myriam Holme’s works conveys the inherent haptics of the materials. Their actual qualities recede to the background in favour of an aesthetics that forms worlds of its own in correspondence with the titles. – Meike Behm Entimmernd, 2009. Galerie Kadel Willborn. Aluminum, glass, wood stain, acrylic paint, varnish, 500 cm by 500 cm by 350 cm.
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Gunilla Oldenburg Born in Avesta, Sweden and raised at an idyllic place by the Dalecarlia River, the influences of nature early became my greatest source of inspiration. Studying abstract painting under the eminent artists Emilio Vedova and Zao Wou-Ki, my style became an interesting combination of west and east, a mixture of poetic compositions, rhythm and texture. In my 3-dimensional paintings, I experiment with different materials, for example dried sea-algae from the Swedish west coast. I have participated in more than forty solo and group exhibitions all over the world and I am represented in numerous collections. gunillaoldenburg.com Alga Opus, 2013. Mixed media, 30 cm by 30 cm by 4 cm.
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