Blue, Bleu, Azul
Mila Mayer & Mai-Britt Wolthers
Opening on Thursday, September 14, 2017, from 6 pm, in the presence of the artists
Exhibition from September 15 to October 28, 2017
"Blue, Bleu, Azul" will showcase the works of Mila Mayer & Mai-Britt Wolthers. Both artists have work directly linked to nature and more specifically to the color blue.
Blue represents a myth and a symbol widely explored throughout the history of art.
Since ancient times, the cost of lapis lazuli (an Afghan stone from which blue is extracted) even rivaled the price of gold. This stone was used for making jewelry, ritual objects, decorative items, as well as death masks. The cost of importing this mineral from the Afghan desert was very high. The Egyptians then developed their own synthetic pigment produced from silicon dioxide, copper, and alkali. In Egyptian culture, blue was associated with the sky and the deities.
In the medieval period, the Virgin Mary was often depicted in a blue robe. The choice of color is not only due to its religious symbolism but also its material value. Indeed, blue was considered for centuries as a noble color, and Renaissance painters, such as Raphael, used it to highlight the depicted divinity.
In the 1950s, artist Yves Klein created a blue hue that over the years became his trademark and spread in the art world after World War II. For Klein, Blue "was beyond dimensions that other colors cannot reach... All colors evoke specific associative or psychologically tangible ideas, while blue suggests the ocean and the sky, which are, in reality, a visible nature."
The works of Mila Mayer & Mai-Britt Wolthers will enter into a dialogue, expanding the possibilities of interpretations around the color blue.
Mila Mayer & Mai-Britt Wolthers
Opening on Thursday, September 14, 2017, from 6 pm, in the presence of the artists
Exhibition from September 15 to October 28, 2017
"Blue, Bleu, Azul" will showcase the works of Mila Mayer & Mai-Britt Wolthers. Both artists have work directly linked to nature and more specifically to the color blue.
Blue represents a myth and a symbol widely explored throughout the history of art.
Since ancient times, the cost of lapis lazuli (an Afghan stone from which blue is extracted) even rivaled the price of gold. This stone was used for making jewelry, ritual objects, decorative items, as well as death masks. The cost of importing this mineral from the Afghan desert was very high. The Egyptians then developed their own synthetic pigment produced from silicon dioxide, copper, and alkali. In Egyptian culture, blue was associated with the sky and the deities.
In the medieval period, the Virgin Mary was often depicted in a blue robe. The choice of color is not only due to its religious symbolism but also its material value. Indeed, blue was considered for centuries as a noble color, and Renaissance painters, such as Raphael, used it to highlight the depicted divinity.
In the 1950s, artist Yves Klein created a blue hue that over the years became his trademark and spread in the art world after World War II. For Klein, Blue "was beyond dimensions that other colors cannot reach... All colors evoke specific associative or psychologically tangible ideas, while blue suggests the ocean and the sky, which are, in reality, a visible nature."
The works of Mila Mayer & Mai-Britt Wolthers will enter into a dialogue, expanding the possibilities of interpretations around the color blue.