By the frozen shore several rocks peak above the surface. Swaddled in crackling ice, they reminisce the heads of fish making their way out of a plastic film. Far away, beyond the horizon, smoldering deep purple clouds stand in contrast to the blue sky above the beach. It is wet in the forest, my nose is running, and I am sitting on a tree stump. The ice on the pond is melting, it is grimy, featuring white and yellow hues. I know fish is swimming underneath the ice, could be warmer down there.
For this exhibition, I am showing a series of work forming tales of different places, or landscapes, as they exist in memory. The past years I have been making images of landscape, in the studio, and by drawing outdoors. To me the experience of a spatial space through observation, is necessary in order to try and replicate its intrinsic qualities.
The past weeks I have been using the workshops at Trykkeriet, where I have explored how painterly expressions can be translated into silk screen printing. The prints in this exhibition are a result of both analogue and digital processes, with the image material originating from the paintings that are also
on show.
The exhibition is supported by BKH´s regional grants.
Unn Devik (b.1994) lives and works in Bergen, Norway. With an interest in storytelling, analogue and digital ways of picture making, she explores definitions such as nature and language in painting, drawing, and writing. Recently her work has been shown at Tegenerforbundet (Oslo, NO), Standard (Oslo), Nye Bokboden (Bergen), Bergen Kunsthall (Bergen, NO) Kunstgarasjen(Bergen), and Test Space, Spike Island (Bristol, UK).
In 2024, she released her first book, Time and I