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Hafdis Bennett

Volcanic series

New Zealand og Island

 19. may – 28. july 2024

Hafdis Bennett er en islandsk kunstner, der har boet og arbejdet i Danmark, før hun slog sig ned i Storbritannien. Hun er mangeårigt medlem af Anglo-Danish Society.

Malerierne var et projekt, der startet, da hun endte i New Zealand over to år under Covid. På grund af NZ lukkede deres grænser helt, og hun derfor ikke havde mulighed for at vende tilbage til Storbritannien.

Hun bemærkede, at på trods af meget forskellig flora og fauna i hendes hjemland Island og New Zealand, var der også bemærkelsesværdige ligheder, idet begge lande var af vulkansk oprindelse.

Disse malerier var en måde at fremhæve lighederne på for at sammenligne landskaberne, nogle så ud som om de kunne være fra samme sted, farverne de samme, landskabet ens, mens de er faktisk fra de modsatte ender af jorden!

Hafdis Bennett invitere til fernisering onsdag d. 5. juni kl.16.00-18.00.

Hafdis Bennett

Volcanic series

New Zealand and Iceland

19 May – 28 July 2024 

Hafdis Bennett is an Icelandic artist who has lived and worked in Denmark before settling in the UK. She is a longstanding member of the Anglo-Danish Society.

The paintings were a project started when stuck in New Zealand for over two years during Covid, as NZ closed their borders and therefore, she had no way of returning to the UK.

Realising that despite greatly different flora and fauna in her homeland Iceland and New Zealand, there were also remarkable similarities as well, both countries being of volcanic origin. 

Painting these paintings, were a process of highlighting the similarities, and to compare the landscapes, some looking like they could be from the same place, the colours are the same, the landscape related but they are in fact from the opposite ends of the earth!

Hafdis Bennett invtes to private-view Wednesday 5 June at 16.00-18.00

The Danish Church in London, St. Katharines Precinct, London NW1 4HH.

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