Tuesday, June 11, 2019
copenhagen chromatics, part 2, episode 2
the medieval-styled portal of this former Carlsberg brewery building glows a saturated burgundy red against the over-sized ornate tankard grey hinges...
while the pronouncement that IT IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD X 2 contrasts soothingly in a tranquil sky blue font...
and for a new beginning, the artful shots arranged on a hoarding billboard entice potential inhabitants to invest in the housing development underway in the revitalizing Carlsberg brewery district...
one of the traditional sea-blue stenciled royal symbol of Copenhagen marks a well-used concrete barrier at the palace square of Amalienborg...
the smoky terra rosa fresco effect of a 19th century grave wall surround tinges the moody romantic vibe of the Assistens cemetery in Norrebro...
the intricately wrought and carefully painted Paper Theatre from The Ingmar Bergman Foundation on display in the exhibition Everything Represents - Nothing Is of a curated selection of Ingmar Bergman's film clips together with works by contemporary artists inspired by or have worked with Bergman (at the Fotografisk Center in the Meatpacking District)
on the way to the SMK (the National Gallery of Denmark), one morning, this colourfully blocked panel-sculpture hypnotized with its cartoonish "eyes" in a gallery window...
while at the SMK, a full-fledged exhibition of the life's work of the dedicated Danish sculptor Sonja Ferlov Mancoba (1911-1984) was honoured, where her earlier abstract paintings contrast vividly with her monochrome sculptural pieces...
and at the Nordatlantens Brygge (North Atlantic Contemporary Art Gallery), the large paintings of Anker Mortensen shimmer from misty lightness to bright vibrating shapes in a dark field...
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