Domeij Gallery proudly presents Louise Langgaard and her solo exhibition The Tranquillity Of Space at the Gallery.
Space, colour and tranquillity are the main focus of my work.
I am constantly researching how colours affect each other. How little or how much it takes to create space. And at the same time I strive for a certain tranquillity within the picture frame.
I always work on many paintings at once. Because the repetition and the forced slowness in the form of the many layers of paint, and the fact that I use oil, makes the process and the material a big part of the work.
Precision is a key word in my work process. At the same time it should not be too precise. I use masking tape to make my layers (lines) with. If you study the work closely, you can often see that they are not completely straight or that there has been some paint next to it, leaving a trace of the imperfection.
At the same time, there is also texture in the painting, due to the many layers. The layers are an important part of the work. The textures the layers create, is a reference to the process in the creation of the work. The structure in the painting comes from the small lumps of solidified remnants of paint that remain on the canvas, which is enhanced by all the layers of paint that I have to go through to build my spaces.
I think that part of the poetic strength of the works lies here. It is a slow process that takes time. And it shows in the work.
In my new paintings for the exhibition The Tranquillity of Space, I continue to work on how the space can "step out" of the picture frame. And I work with shifts of the perspective and overlaps in the work in order to create an illusion of space and spaces that can not necessarily be created in reality.
The pallet of the paintings I hope, enhances the impression of spaces and create tranquillity. I have always been fascinated by earthy tones along with e.g. cadmium colours and I often look at Hammershøj, Morandi, Bonnard, Monét for inspiration to solve the colour codes of the painting.
For me painting has a mathematical likeness, it is like solving a problem./ Louise Langgaard
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