Landscape Ultimate (March-April 2015)

Landscape Ultimate is our prior project focusing on exploring the possibilities of landscape painting. Why Landscape painting?

The landscape in Olafsfjordur is always changing, from day to night, from sunny to misty, to raining, to snowing, all could happen in 2 hours. If you are lucky enough, you can experience 4 seasons in one day. The weather variety makes painting landscape a bit difficult, also more interesting and challenging.

Through these three years, there were always 1 or 2 painters painting landscape monthly, but we never experience six artists working on the "landscape" together. We are looking forward to see the result. This time, we selected six young artists from different disciplines and from different culture, from western to eastern.  

Circle Yang Mei Ching (China, Hong Kong) | visual artist

Dervla O Flaherty (Ireland) | painter

Ella West (Britian) | painter

Haylee Ebersole (USA) | visual artist

Lorraine Heller-Nicholas (Australia) | animator/visual artist

Shani Banerjee (USA) | photographer

Wu Shengzhi (China) | visual artist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Program Posts:

Mapping the Dark

New works on paper by Dervla O'Flaherty

Opening reception: 24 April, 2015 | 18:30 – 20:00

Exhibition date and time: 25 & 26 April, 2015 |15:30 – 19:30 

 

Attempting a map of the labyrinth, the iceberg, a dream. A map for losing yourself completely. A map for one who must dig a hole in order to try and get themselves out of it. Mapping the process of making.

 

 

 

The terrain of my recent work takes root somewhere between the space I find myself in, significant places and the underground world of the unconscious. This selection of mixed media drawings were made alongside a series of paintings during my residency at Listhus, Olafsfjordur. Shown independent of the 'finished work', they navigate a journey through initial ideas and decision making; excess thought and procrastination parties; wrong turns and resolved pieces. These maps are not intended for one looking to find their way, but rather a charter of some of the stuff you may find along the way.