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09.04 - 23.05 2021
Opening weekend: 9, 10 and 11 April 2021
No Man’s Art Gallery is honoured to reopen the gallery with Slow Cure a duo exhibition by Sisse Holst Pedersen (DK) and Bertrand Peyrot (FR). Both artists have created new pieces for the exhibition.
For Slow Cure Holst Pedersen presents a series of new and old sculptures, together showing an intimate and instinctive interaction between the artist and the objects. A shiny blue arch corporeally enfolded by its matte black counter form, enacting a slow sensual choreography in Parasite, 2020 and Corner Snake (2019) a foetal-like form that in a very slow pace seems to spoon its own pedestal. Many pieces hold a golden round shape, carefully caressed into their nests. The simplicity of a ball-shape, that which fits exactly in the warmth of one's palm. All pieces reveal countless traces and fingerprints of Holst Pedersen’s hands. One can sense a primal human need in the pieces: a longing for physical touch, that has become even more sensible in a present that forces distance upon us. “I let my entire body affect the clay while in return the clay affects my body. My work can be considered as a plea for a more sensory engagement.” (Holst Pedersen)
The instinctive interaction between Holst Pedersen’s sculptures and their surroundings extend to Bertrand Peyrot’s oxidized metal paintings. Their presence enriches the sensory and tactile experience of the sculptures, who, in return, seem to invite the visitor to direct their attention back to the plates. Large quadrilateral metal surfaces appear to have been taken over by a slow process of oxidation. Emergent colours and contrasts create ambiguity in what has been controlled by the artist and what was surrendered to nature’s course. The strong and still impressions conceal the ongoing process of oxidation that will change the painting’s image over time.
Slow Cure will be on show from 9 April - 23 May 2021 at Bos en Lommerweg 88/90. For more information please contact: Safira Taylor info[at]nomansart.com
To book a time slot please call or Whatsapp 31 6 3755 0132
Photos: Neeltje de Vries