Anne-Karin Furunes’s gigantic piece took my breath away for a second. The lady at the Gallery Anhava Booth told me that the Norwegian painter is known for her works employing perforation technique. Based on photographs, these pieces have a black or white canvas perforated by the artist in imitation of the screen of a photograph. One the one hand, Furunes’s works are paintings dwelling in light, while on the other hand they express the authenticity and intensity of early beautiful monochrome photographs. I learned that this large-scale portrait, pictured above, was made specifically for Art Basel 09. Stunning.
This is beautiful.
Jun 16th, 2009 / 11:57 am
If you’re ever in Oslo you should make a stop at Nationaltheatret station and have a look at Furunes’ pictures running alongside two train tracks:
http://www.ntnu.no/gemini/2005-03/pusterommet.htm
Jun 16th, 2009 / 12:17 pm
aaaaah.
so beautiful.
Jun 16th, 2009 / 6:36 pm
Interesting that this guy in the picture is touching the piece of art. Am I old school? Is it just me? It struck me as something really unnerving at Art Basel that it seems to be okay to touch a piece of art as soon as it’s not a painting or a photograph.
Jun 17th, 2009 / 7:18 am
This image made me think of the poster/imagery from the movie “The Girlfriend Experience”
http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/thegirlfriendexperience/
The technique, speaking generally about the dot overlay, seems so simple yet it produces a very dynamic result.
Thanks for sharing your experience at Art Basel and all of this imagery!
Jun 18th, 2009 / 10:49 am