Silence is silver, 2015 Pigment ink print face mounted on acrylic 100 x 116 cm |
ville andersson
ville andersson
pigment ink print face mounted on acrylic 100 x 116 cm
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Vision, 2015 pigment ink print face mounted on acrylic 100 x 138 cm
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ville andersson
ville andersson
Heartbeat, 2015 ink & pencil on paper 42 x 36 cm
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Mirage, 2015 pigment ink print face mounted on acrylic
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Growth, 2016 ink & pencil on paper 30 x 21 cm
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ville andersson
A view from a castle in the air, 2015 ink & pencil on paper 30 x 21 cm
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A view from a castle in the air, 2015 ink & pencil on paper 30 x 21 cm
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Stllness acrylic on canvas
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There is a crack in everything, 2015 ink & pencil on paper 110 x 110 cm
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Slow is in my blood, 2015 pigment ink print face mounted on acrylic 70 x 48 cm
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That's how the light gets in, 2015 ink & pencil on paper 110 x 110 cm
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ville andersson
Pictures of You, 2015 pencil on paper 30 x 21 cm
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Atmosphere 2015 pencil on paper
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Cloud, 2015 pigment ink print face mounted on acrylic
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ville andersson
Potential, 2015 pigment ink print face mounted on acrylic 100 x 138 cm |
Potential, 2015 pigment ink print face mounted on acrylic 100 x 138 cm
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Conductor, 2015 pigment ink print face mounted on acrylic 100 x 138 cm
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Dreamwalker, 2015 pigment ink print face mounted on acrylic 100 x 138 cm
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The pathos of things II, 2015 ink & pencil on paper 25 x 21 cm
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The pathos of things I, 2015 ink & pencil on paper 25 x 21 cm |
The pathos of things III, 2015 ink & pencil on paper 25 x 21 cm
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Folded I & II, 2015 acrylic on canvas à 30 x 20 cm
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Folded, 2015 acrylic on canvas à 30 x 20 cm |
Folded III & IV, 2015 acrylic on canvas à 30 x 20 cm
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Stillness in the midst of chaos, 2015 acrylic on canvas
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ville andersson
ville andersson
Beyond chitter & chatter, 2015 Pigment ink print face mounted on acrylic 100 x 138 cm
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Beyond chitter & chatter, 2015 Pigment ink print face mounted on acrylic 100 x 138 cm
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Beyond chitter & chatter II, 2015 Pigment ink print face mounted on acrylic
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The painting, 2015 Pigment ink print face mounted on acrylic
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Aesthetics of solitude, 2015 pigment ink print face mounted on acrylic 50 x 35 cm
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Beyond chitter & chatter III, 2015 Pigment ink print face mounted on acrylic
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ville andersson
The rest is silence ( full of sound )
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ville andersson
AS ALWAYS, I WITHDRAW INTO THE MUSIC
10.4.-3.5.2015
At Helsinki Contemporary, Bulevardi 10, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
The exhibition consists of photographs, drawings and paintings. Several of the works depict spaces: either existing, staged or fictive. Andersson has constructed and pictured miniature spaces, into which he has placed his drawings as props. The actual space of the gallery where the exhibition is hung also becomes a part of the works. The drawings and paintings have taken on new, abstract features.
Andersson is a great consumer of culture and looks for points of reference in various art genres, such as music or theatre. His starting point for the As Always, I Withdraw into the Music series was a work of literature of the same name written by Andersson himself. This is not included in the exhibition, apart from a single sentence. In adhesive lettering mounted on transparent plastic film is a quotation from Hamlet: The rest is silence. Andersson has carried this on with the words: Full of sound.
An important role in the works is played by the colour white – a colour that is both all colours and no colour. It is produced by mixing together the whole visible-light spectrum, or by bleaching and removing all pigments. The colour white is associated with many different things in different cultural and historical contexts, such as innocence, ghosts, holiness and grief.
Andersson is moved by the colourlessness of white, and by the way it has come to symbolize emptiness and silence. The starting point for a drawing is always an empty paper and its potential to be filled. Emptiness is a space in which our imagination can flow freely. Just as in a tea ceremony, a single flower in the middle of an empty room can transport the host and guests into an imaginary realm of trees in blossom.
Background noises are momentarily hushed amid the silence, and our senses are sharpened. There is no such thing as “pure” silence, and yet in the midst of it we can perceive the things around us and ourselves in tranquillity. Silence or emptiness do not mean insignificance or that something does not exist. On the contrary, emptiness is highly expressive. In traditional Chinese and Japanese painting the “empty” portion can fill two-thirds of the canvas; it is an important part of the expression.
Andersson has sought to evoke a complete, intense, felt experience that heightens our sensitivity, feelings and sensory perceptions. He uses a clear, disciplined and precise form of expression to achieve an open, nuanced end result, one that respects the viewer.
In 2015 Ville Andersson is named the Young Artist of the Year in Finland. In conjunction with the exhibitions at Helsinki Contemporary & Tampere Art Museum, a bilingual publication Ville Andersson - Young Artist of the Year - 2009-2015 is also published.
The book is designed by Ahonen & Lamberg
The book was chosen as The Book of the Year 2015 at the Antalis Design & Print Awards
The book was chosen as one of the most beautiful books of the year 2015 by the Finnish Book Art Committee
Thank you: Finnish Cultural Foundation & Art Promotion Centre Finland
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