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"NATURAL HISTORY"

Place: Reidvin-tunet, Holmestrand

Time: from 29.06.2024

 

Norwegian texture from a pewter plate seasoned with the echoes of time

 

The image that emerged, thanks to a series of self-fulfilling preconceived ideas and changes that naturally followed, increasingly lost its connection to the concrete material - Max Ernst, Paris 1925

 

Volodymyr Fillippov (56) is an abstract artist, member of both NBK and VBK. Fillippov is from Ukraine, and now lives in Sande in Vestfold. He presents this art project consisting of a series of 99 drawings, made with the frottage technique, invented 99 years ago by Max Ernst (surrealist artist).

 

Frottage is a technique that transfers the texture of the surface to paper by means of hatching with a graphite pencil or similar materials.

The exhibition shows, among other things, different textures from old school desks that stand in the next room, and cardboard packaging from old beer cans, which for you is just garbage. All these textures are framed with the help of an antique pewter plate, which is 150 years old.

 

Pewter plates have been used in everyday Norwegian life since time immemorial. This plate carries a historical significance linked to the long-term use of pewter in the production of tableware, dating back to ancient times. The first tin mines in Europe were discovered in Cornwall and Devon in England, where mining began around 4,000 years ago.

 

The project also explores the unique textures and imprints left over time on these sheets of paper by Volodymyr. These imprints can include images of various objects such as stones on the beach, boat builders, parts of fishing boats, hatches in Holmestrand, and even imprints of a waffle and crumb cake iron from Reidvin-tunet.

 

The artist, Volodymyr Filippov, creates these works by carefully studying and transforming found textures into artistic images.

 

The project is exhibited at Reidvin-tunet in Hillestad in Holmestrand, which is an open-air museum consisting of historic buildings and gardens with cultural significance. The museum works to preserve and develop cultural heritage, as well as communicating traditional crafts and art.

 

Volodymyr's project links the historical significance of pewter plates to modern artistic methods, creating a unique expression that unites past and present.