Saturday, June 2, 2018

Through The Spectrum - Athr Gallery - Saudi Arabia



 

ELEMENTS, 2018 by Anne Senstad. An immersive light sculpture installation as part of the exhibition Through the Spectrum at ATHR Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. May 28 - August 31, 2018. The exhibition includes Anne Senstad, Robert Irwin, James Turrell, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Nasser Al-Salem and Timo Nasseri. Curated by Mohammed Hafiz and Afia Bin Taleb. The exhibition is a collaboration between Athr Gallery, Pace Gallery and Cruz-Diez Foundation.



On ELEMENTS by Anne Senstad


It has been found again.
What? – Eternity
It is the Sea fled away 
with the Sun
 Arthur Rimbaud, 1872



The Sound of MA, is identified by the Sound of an Indestructible Moment of Silencecontained by a space equipped with vertical topology.




ELEMENTS is experential and immersive, sculpturally informed, - an installation of light, color, perception, ideas of sound and spatial phenomena. An amalgamation of sensations. All sensorial elements have scientific and experiential similarities, yet differ in nature in how they inhabit space and how they are experienced. The natural world can be perceived through scientific systems of frequencies, wavelengths and temperatures that are sensed by the eye, ear, brain, nerves, intellect and emotions. Colors are cold, warm, dark, light, euphoric, symbolic, representational – a mental, emotional and sensual language, where light, color and sound exist as implementing our system on infinite levels, potentially unknown levels. Sound exists as complex music, visual and narrative sound, in environmentally inhabited and charged spaces, outside of our realm of perception as sounds not heard, sounds used in prayers. Sound is mathematical and logical, yet is the direct path to the realm of perception. Synesthetically sound has color and color has sound. Physically color is perceived through the optical and nerve system. In the language of light and color, spectrums and hues inhabit space, give objects their identity, enlighten our environment and represent enlightenment of the soul. 

Light and color represent nature in itself.  As Goethe proclaimed in his Theory of Colorslight owes its existence to the eye.  Referencing of course Newton’s scientific discoveries through the prism, where an object’s color was distinguished by the light of the sun through the prismatic. The ideas of perception in art can be related to Malevich’s essays on Suprematismin which he speaks about the non-objective system of elements through which sensations are expressed: the elements  of non-objective sensations are the beginnings of true essence. In the sphere of perceptive phenomena, non-objective essence is also it’s source, the absolute and pure. Perception of light, color, form, space and object are intertwined in Plato’s ideas where there arises the necessity of a soul with which we conceive knowledge by making judgments on perception gained through the sense organs.

Elements can be seen in light of mathematical and scientific space-time theories, we have elements as parts of a constancy and events. In sound, elements can be said to be parts of a composite wave form - it becomes a time element. Sound and light behave in a similar wave form language, Light is measured through temperature systems as in the Kelvin measurement system, existing as elements on a scale. Both sound and light operate as measurable and visible frequencies, scientifically disclosing the range within and without the audible and the visible, an echo of what can be observed in the nuanced color spectrums of the Aurora Borealis.

The verticals in Elements, define spatial relations and create a state of immersivity with colors blending into one another, merging and recreating new colors while simultaneously enveloping the body.  The verticality on our eye acts as signage, a post, a portal, arresting the eye by creating new space and defining our memory of space. By this definition we experience the light structure as either confining or liberating. Color embodies a psychology that effects our perceptive and cognitive system.  A verticality is experienced as an opening/uplifting and transformative sensation, representing the connection with a universe, while horizontal lines can remind us of the open landscape, the sea merging with the sun, perhaps internally experienced as a deep sleep or calming sensation. We are invited to experience the emotionally visceral and spectral physicality within multicolored verticals and mono colored horizon environment, touching the atoms of our being, resonating through vibrations of frequencies. The color compositions relate to sound compositions, in that one enters through a cool color space, gradually moving towards a multi colored crescendo. As the colors intensify in combination, the sensorial system is stimulated further, allowing us to be enveloped in color spectrums as a meditative and yet energetically charged process, As a time-experience installation, neon colors merge organically and seemingly expand over time, the nature of neon gas is organic and a transmitter of electrical currents, it is in continuous movement emitting abundance and perpetual absence of form, yet in fact exposing the opposite though creation of light and color as form. With its eternal presence, light represents the perceptual experience of the infinite and deepest elements of our shared humanity.


On Elements,
Anne Senstad, 2018




آنسنستاد
عناصر،٢٠١٨

عناصرهوعملتركيبيوتجريبي  منالضوء،والإدراك،والنظرياتحولظاهرتيالصوتوالمساحة،العملفنييتمحورحولقدرتهلدمجهللحواسجميعالعناصرالحسيةلديهاخصائصعلميةوتجريبية متشابهة،ولكنهاتختلففيالطبيعةمنناحيةشغلهاللفراغوكيفيتمالإحساسبهاعبرالعين،والإذن،والدماغ،والعقل،والعواطفالألوانمنهاباردة،ودافئة،ومظلمة،وفاتحة،ومبهجة،ورمزية،وممثلة؛كلغةنفسية،عاطفية،وحسيةيتواجدالضوء،واللون،والصوت كأوامرتنفيذيةلأنظمتناعلىمستوياتلانهائيةومجهولةالصوتموجودكموسيقامعقدةاوبصريةوقدتحملفيطياتهاقصةتحكيها،أصواتتتواجدفيالفراغاتالمسكونةفيالبيئةوالمشحونةخارجنطاقاستيعابناتتواجدأصواتتبعدعننطاقإدراكنا،أصواتلمتسمع،هيأصواتتسمعفيالصلواتالصوتمفهومرياضيومنطقي،ومعذلكهوالطريقالمباشرالىنطاقالإدراكالصوتالاصطناعيلهلون،واللون  لهصوتالصوتالمادييدركعبرالنظامينالعصبيوالبصريالاطيافودرجات الألوانفيلغتيالضوءواللونيشغلانالفراغ،ويعطيانللأشياءهوياتها،وينيرانبيئتنا

الضوءواللونيمثلانالطبيعةنفسهاكماادعىغوتيهمنقبلفينظريتهللألوان،انالضوءيدينبوجودهللعين،مشيراًبالطبعالىاكتشافاتنيوتنالعلميةمنخلالالمنشورالزجاجيحيثتمتمييزألوانالأشياءباستخدامضوءالشمسالأفكارالمتعلقةبالإدراكفيالفنمنالممكنانتربطبمقالاتماليفيتشعنالسوبرماتيةحيثتكلممنمنظورهاحولالنظاماللاعنصريللموادالذييتمالتعبيرعنهامنخلالالحواسعناصرالحواسالتيلاشكللهاهيأساسالجوهرالحقيقيفيدائرةظاهرةالادراكالجوهرالذيلاشكللههوأيضاًالمصدرالخاصبهادراكالضوءواللونوالشكلوالفراغ،تتداخلفيأفكارأفلاطون،حيثتبنىفلسفتهحولوجودروحتحصدالمعرفةعبرإطلاقالأحكاممنخلالماتمادراكهمنقبلأعضائناالحسية

يمكنرؤيةالعناصرفيضوءنظرياترياضيةومكانيةعلمية،العناصرمتجزئةفيالتسلسلوالاستمرارية،العناصرفيالصوتيمكنانيقالعنهاانهااجزاءمنشكلموجيمضغوط،حيثتصبحعنصراًزمانياًالصوتوالضوء يتصرفانفيشكلموجيلغويمشابهيقاسالضوءعبرأنظمةدرجاتالحرارةكمافينظامكالڤنللقياس،حيثتوجدالعناصرعلىمقياسيعملكلاًمنالصوتوالضوء عنطريقموجاتقابلةللقياسوالرؤيةممايتيحلنابطريقةعلميةمعرفةالمدىالداخلوالخراجفيالنطاقاتالمسموعةوالمرئيةكصدىيمكنملاحظتهفيالاختلافالطفيفبيناطيافألوانالشفق.

الخطوطالعاموديّةفي(عناصرتعيدتعريفالعلاقاتالفراغيةوتكونحالةمنالاندماجبينالألوانوتعيدابتكارألوانجديدةبينماتغلفالجسدفينفسالوقتالخطوطالرأسيةتعملعلىشكلتوقيع،منشور،ومنصة تأسرالعينعبرابتكارواعادة تعريفالمساحةلدينابهذهالطريقةيكونالمجسمامامحرراًاومفيداًلنااللونيمثلحالةنفسيةتؤثرعلىانظمتناالإدراكيةوالعقليةالخطوطالرأسيةتمثلتجربةحسيةتغيريةممثلةلروابطهامعالكونبينماالخطوطالأفقيةتذكرنابالأفقالمفتوححيثيندمجالبحرمعالشمسكنونعميقاواحساسيجلبالراحةنحنمدعوونلتجربةطيفيةفراغيةمنخلالأفقذوخطوطعاموديةمتعددةالألوانوأفقية ذاتلونواحدملامسةلأساسوجودناومتماسكة منخلالذبذبةالموجاتتشكيلةالألوانمرتبطةبتشكيلةالأصواتحيثيدخلالمرءعبرمساحةمناللونالباردمتحركاًحولمعزوفةلونيةمتصاعدةيتمتحفيزالحواسأكثركلمازادتالحدةاللونيةللأعمدةممايمكننامنالانغماسفياطيافاللونكعمليةتأمليةمشحونةعاطفياًالعملتركيبييعتمدعلىالوقتألوانالنيونتختلطببعضهاوتتمدد علىما يبدوعبرمرورالوقتطبيعةغازالنيونعضويةوناقلةللتياراتالكهربائيةوهيفيحركةمستمرةمعطيةاحساسبالازديادوغيابالشكلبالرغممنانهافيالحقيقةتعرضالشيءالمعاكسمعطيةاشكالاًثابتهللضوءوالصوت
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Short version: On Elements, 2018


Anne Senstad examines the sensorial architecture and philosophies on perception through light, color and sound. Her immersive sculptural light installation 'Elements' defines space through topologies of vertical light, the phenomenon of color in relation to its nature, a non-objective space of frequencies, structuralities and elements.


Through the verticality of light and color, the vertical composition define spatial relations by creating immersivity of colors blending into one another, merging and recreating new colors. The verticality on our eye acts as signage, a post, barrier, arresting the eye by creating space and defining space. By this definition we experience the structure as limiting or liberating.



By placing a horizontal line throughout the space, it introduces an optical and spatial experience where we see the‫ ‬color combinations multiply, creating illusions of space and color as the colors merge with lines drawn of light seemingly floating in its immersivity.


With an eternal presence, light represents the perceptual experience of the infinite and deepest elements of our shared humanity‫.‬


Elements, 2018. Immersive sculptural neon light installation.The show continues until August 31, 2018


عناصر، ٢٠١٨، عمل آن سنستاد جزء من المعرض الجماعي " من خلال الطيف" ، أثر، جدة
‫تقوم آن بدراسة الجانب الحسي المعماري و الفلسفي للوعي من خلال الضوء، اللون، و الصوت. مجسمها الضوئي التركيبي "عناصر" يقوم بتحديد المساحة عن طريق استخدام اضواء عامودية، و الظواهر اللونية و علاقتها بالطبيعة، بالإضافة ‬
للمساحة غير الموضوعية من الترددات و التجسيد و العانصر.

الخطوط الرئيسية في "عناصر" تعيد تعريف العلاقات الفراغية و تكون حالة من الإندماج بين الألوان و تعيد ابتكار الوان جديدة بينما تغلف الجسد في نفس الوقت. الخطوط الراسية تعمل على شكل توقيع، منشور، و منصة تأسر العين عبر ابتكار و إعادة تعريف المساحة لدينا. بهذه الطريقة سيكون المجسم محرراً و مقيداً لنا.

عبر اضافةخط افقي على طول المساحة، يقدم العمل تجربة بصرية فراغية حيث ترى تشكيلات الألوان تندمج مع الخطوط المرسومة بإستخدام الضوء، محلقة جميعاً في انسجام.

عناصر، ٢٠١٨. عمل تركيبي ضوئي
يستمر المعرض حتى ٣١ اغسطس، ٢٠١٨







Installation views from Through The Spectrum - all photos are courtesy of Athr Gallery. Anne Senstad, Robert Irwin, Carlos Cruz-Diez, James Turrell, Leo Villarreal, Timo Nasseri and Nasser Al-Salem



Elements, Anne Senstad, 2018




















 Aces & Eights, Robert Irwin, 2012-13


 Chromosaturation, Carlos Cruz-Diez, 1965-2018

Chromosaturation, Carlos Cruz-Diez, 1965-218

Allah, (he is the first and last 57:3), Nasser Al-Salem, 2018

 
Pelee, James Turrell, 2014

Florez - Bagdad, Timo Nasseri, 2016


A selection of visitor's images shared on social media interacting with the experiential immersivity of ELEMENTS - ATHR Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.













Saudi Gazette June 2 2018



Saudi Gazette

Friday, May 18, 2018

Through The Spectrum - Athr Gallery


















ATHR Gallery cordially invite you to the opening of: [Through The spectrum] A group show featuring installations by: Anne Senstad, Carlos Cruz-Diez, James Turrell, Leo Villareal, Nasser Al Salem, Robert Irwin and Timo Nasseri.
[Opening Remarks] an exhibition created for young and new collectors. And the second edition of [RAW Print] an event that highlights the work of independent artists, publishers, galleries and magazines that are leaders in the field of art publishing in Saudi Arabia. Monday, May 28 at 9:30pm
اثر يدعوكم لحضور افتتاح كلاً من: [من خلال الطيف] معرض جماعي يقدم اعمال تركيبية ل: احمد ماطر، آن سنستاد، كارلوس كروز دياز، جيمس توريل، ليو فياريال، ناصر السالم، روبرت اروين، تيمو ناصري.
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[اوبينينج ريماركس] معرض معد خصيصاً للمقتنيين الصاعدين و المبتدئين. .
كما يقدم أيضاً النسخة الثانية من [معرض المطبوعات الفنية] حيث يعرض اعمال لفنانين و ناشرين و معارض و المجلات التي تعد رائدة في مجال النشر الفني في المملكة العربية السعودية.
كل ذلك يوم الإثنين، ٢٨ مايو، ٩:٣٠ مساءً في اثر جاليري، جدة.



Through The Spectrum exhibition is show casing Elements, 2018 by Anne Senstad @annesenstad . Opening Monday, May 28,2018 9:30 pm at Athr Gallery, Jeddah, SaudiArabia. 


Anne Senstad examines the sensorial architecture and philosophies on perception through light, color and sound. Her immersive sculptural light installation ELEMENTS defines space through topologies of vertical light, the phenomenon of color in relation to its nature, a non-objective space of frequencies, structuralities and elements. In dialogue with an enveloping color horizon, the vertical color spectrums create a sensorial materialization of an internal enlightenment inviting the public into the artwork itself as a meditative spatial experience. 





Elements, 2018
Immersive sculptural neon light installation.Scale variable.Neon tubes, polyurethane rods, transformers, attachments, electrical wires.



THROUGH THE SPECTRUM

The exhibition bases its foundation around Luminism and the relationship that the containment of light has between our environment and our engagement with it.
Renowned artists are showcasing seminal works, each treats light in a unique way allowing the viewer to immerse oneself into the light through variable formations and positioning. These installations of light are put together to exceed their material, thus allowing a flow of transcendent effects on the viewer, to steer and expand the human consciousness.
This experiential and interactive exhibition sets to subvert notions of light and space as we understand them, and the cross overs these may have in playing with our perceptions and psychology. All together are intended to explore the human visual perception, and how both light and color affect our emotions or change the way we feel within a space.
One artist creates a sensorial representation of unlimited possibilities of the imagination and of existence.  These representation are created out of chaos—the experience of infinity within us.
While other artists explore color theory and pushes the boundaries of light to divide and redefine space all the while blurring the lines between each hue and indeed our visual perception of it.
Whether the gradual adjustment of color around one room renders it unperceivable, or if one is met with the sheer starkness of color in the next, they all require the reliable rendering of the eye to distinguish the stability of the space and the accuracy of the color of the original environment.
What is experienced depends on their physical positioning within the space, coupled with their own psychological state and visual perception. The ephemeral nature of transitory light shifts the stability within our understanding of 3 dimensional space as we have grown to know it, allowing for a new perception of how we view our surrounding reality to be created.
Participating artists: Anne Senstad, Carlos Cruz-Diez, James Turrell, Leo Villareal, Nasser Al Salem, and Robert Irwin.

This exhibition is in collaboration with Cruz-Diez Art Foundation and Pace Gallery

Friday, May 11, 2018

ELEMENTS - ATHR Gallery





I'm thrilled to announce the opening of the exhibition THROUGH THE SPECTRUM - May 28th at 9.30 pm at ATHR Gallery in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia that runs through August 2018. The exhibition celebrates Ramadan with a thorough presentation of artists who focus on light, color, time and space through the experiential, immersivity and perception. THROUGH THE SPECTRUM presents Anne Senstad, James Turell, Robert Irwin, Carlos Cruz Diez, Leo Villareal, Nasser Al Salem and Timo Nasseri. 

As part of this groundbreaking exhibition and equisit selection of light and space artists, I will present a new immersive light and color sculptural installation entitled ELEMENTS. The installation defines space through topologies of vertical light, the phenomenon of color in relation to its nature, and structures of elements. In dialogue with an enveloping color horizon, the vertical color spectrums create a sensorial materialization of an internal enlightenment inviting the public into the artwork itself as a meditative spatial experience.

For further info on the exhibition, please contact 
info@athrart.com 















Friday, May 4, 2018

AIRMATTRESS GALLERY New York


Inaugural exhibition 2 D Or Not 2D 
Curated by Mark DeMuro. 

May 1 - June 1, 2018

Air Mattresss gallery
2350 Broadway
New York, NY 10024
Director: Mark DeMuro

By appointment: mark@markfineart.com
Press and general inquiries: airmattressgallerynyc@gmail.com

Artists: Anne Senstad, Abdolreza Alminlari, Peter Coffin,  Kenny Curwood, Jane Fine, Mary-Ann Monforton, Maynard Monrow, Paul Pagk,  Rayberry, Lauren Seiden, Armando Vive and Ben Peterson.