Die Fotoausstellungen der Galerie LIK
16.08.2025-23.08.2025
in der Galerie LIK, in der Spittelberggasse 9 in 1070 Wien.
Vernissage am 16.8.2025 ab 13:00 Uhr. Anmeldung zur Vernissage HIER
Gerd Borchgrevink
"The Beauty of Stoned Core Material"
Gerd Borchgrevink
Artist statement: Through my abstract photographies you are invited into anthropocene manmade landscape, exposing amazing 300 million years old granite and marble formations found deep in Norwegian quarries and the mountain range of Fantiscritti, Carrara Italy. The photo series brings history an intimate and fresh contemporary expression which provides the audience with new consciousness about art and cultural history.
I feel my work harmonizing with object oriented philosophy.There is a shift in both art history and philosophy towards ecological argument for non human/non anthropocentric understanding of the universe and of man and nature.
I´ve been exploring natural seasonal lightshift´s impact on nature. I never know what awaits when I return to a spectacular scene, is it still there or has it been mined away by industrial diamond coated steel wires? Are we transported even further back in time? My photos show unique glimpses of evolution impossible to reproduce - forever gone.
My work revolves around natural light, materiality, tactility, sensation and silence. I enjoy working in the cross roads between pure abstraction and emerging symbols. When does abstraction become pregnant with meaning and how does language emerge to engage the audience?
Photo: Gerd Borchgrevink
About the artist (biography)
Gerd Borchgrevink
Gerd Borchgrevink is educated at Westerdals Oslo School of Arts and Communication and has participated in 20 solo and group exhibitions from 2019 to 2025. Borchgrevink's acclaimed photographs of human-made nature are both documentary and abstract. The photographs of 300- million-year-old granite formations found deep in Norwegian quarries were nominated for the 2022 Vestfold and Telemark County Culture Award, Cyan Folio at Høvikodden, and Fotogalleriet in 2019, and presented at The Nordic Light Photo Festival. The Quarry-series shines a light on our history with a visually contemporary expression, offering the audience new awareness of art and cultural history. Borchgrevink participated in 2022 in Ovasjon, a development program for artists organized by the Norwegian Arts Council, and is a member of the Norwegian Union of Journalists NJ, NSF, TKK, and BONO. In 2023, the photo book "Brudd, The Beauty of Stoned Core Material" was presented at the Oslo Photo Book Festival, organized by Gallery CYAN. The photo book is part of library collections at PreusMuseum, the National Museum, and Deichman Bjørvika.
Borchgrevink photographs people and nature, in recent years with a main focus on landscapes in anthropocene era, both domestically and internationally. She has received feedback from a wide audience stating that her images have a distinctive style that is innovative and beautiful. The photographs have been acquired by both public institutions and private collectors.
Website: https://www.gerdborchgrevink.com
Photo: Gerd Borchgrevink