Amy Bennett
Buried
Amy BennettUP TO OUR NECKS, 2007
Oil on panel, 15.25 x 15.25 cm
Amy BennettON THIN ICE, 2007
Oil on panel, 30.5 x 40.5 cm
Amy BennettCOINCIDENCE, 2007
Oil on panel, 51 x 51 cm
Amy BennettSURVIVING WINTER, 2007
Oil on panel, 23 x 35.5 cm
Amy BennettCABIN FEVER, 2007
Oil on panel, 46 x 122 cm
Amy BennettSNOWED IN , 2007
Oil on panel, 4.5 x 6.25 cm
Amy BennettCOLD COMPRESS, 2007
Oil on panel, 30.5 x 40.5 cm
Amy BennettPROPERTY LINE, 2007
Oil on panel, Oil on panel, 46x91.5 cm
Amy BennettBRACING OURSELVES, 2007
Oil on panel, 25.5 x 46 cm
Amy BennettDIG, 2007
Oil on panel, 25.5 x 51 cm
Amy BennettWHITE AS A GHOST, 2007
Oil on panel, 4.5 cm x 4.5 cm
"I am interested in the fragility of relationships and the awkwardness of a group of people trying to coexist and relate to one another."
Press Release
Galleri Magnus Karlsson is pleased to present Amy Bennett’s first solo exhibition at the gallery.
Two years ago Amy Bennett constructed a 1:87 scale model of an American neighbourhood. From railroad miniatures, styrofoam, cardboard, colour, telephone wires and working lights a block with eleven houses were being made. By working with the model, which took months, she started to think about the people who might live there and what they might be doing in their lives. Amy then created different characters, and the model became a stage on which to develop the psychological implications of belonging to a particular family, with all of its dramas, struggles and familiar routines. After having constructed a thoroughly built model she started to arrange a number of scenes painted like still life paintings. The realistic artworks are like stills taken from a movie or memory fragments from a life.
‘...Working with common themes such as transition, aging, isolation, and loss, I am interested in the fragility of relationships and the awkwardness of a group of people trying to coexist and relate to one another. As I transitioned my model into winter, snowbanks of increasing depth seemed to fortify a sense of isolation and quietness. The paintings portray both the magical and suffocating potential of snow, the wonder at its stark beauty and the hopelessness that spring might never come...’
/Amy Bennett
Galleri Magnus Karlsson har glädjen att presentera Amy Bennetts första separatutställning på galleriet.
För två år sedan tillverkade Amy Bennett en modell av ett typiskt amerikanskt villaomåde i skala 1:87. Med hjälp av miniatyrer från modelljärnvägar, frigolit, kartong, färg, telefonledningar och belysning växte ett fiktivt kvarter med elva hus fram. I arbetet med modellen, som tog flera måndader, började hon fundera kring personerna som kunde tänkas bo där och vad de gjorde. Hon började detaljerat att skapa alla karaktärer, väva ihop historier och familjedraman samt intressera sig för mer lågmälda vardagsrutiner. Sedan arrangerades ett antal scener som målades likt stilleben. De detaljerade realistiska målningarna är som stillbilder ur en film, eller minnesbilder ur ett liv.
Så här skriver Amy Bennett själv om arbetet med utställningen:
“...Working with common themes such as transition, aging, isolation, and loss, I am interested in the fragility of relationships and the awkwardness of a group of people trying to coexist and relate to one another. As I transitioned my model into winter, snowbanks of increasing depth seemed to fortify a sense of isolation and quietness. The paintings portray both the magical and suffocating potential of snow, the wonder at its stark beauty and the hopelessness that spring might never come...”
