THE GOLDEN HOUR

30. 09. 2022 - 19. 11. 2022

Christina Augustesen and Ptolemy Mann met through a shared obsession with complex colour. They both explore the way that colour transitions from one hue to another but through very different mediums; Augustesen, through the architectural engineering of light and Mann, through hand dyed and woven threads.

For the first time they bring their work to Galleri Lene Bilgrav to create a visual diary of how colour moves and shifts between light and darkness. ‘The Golden Hour’ refers to that moment of warm light at the beginning and the end of the day.. Thesemoments acts as a metaphor for how these two artists have captured the changing colour of the natural sky.

A series of wall and floor based light sculptures transition through chromatic hues using artificial and natural light echoing both darkness and daylight. Augustesen’s art works explore natural light via three dimensional monoliths and wall mounted pieces. Mann has created a new body of small hand dyed and woven works specifically exploring warmth and the golden tones of saturated sunlight. A series of small works on paper by both artists reveal soft pastel and painted colour studies that inform the creative process of art making.

The intention is to introduce an exhibition of work that engages an audience in new ways of seeing and feeling colour; capturing that elusive moment ‘in between’ two colours. By celebrating unfamiliar techniques and materials we hope to highlight exquisite craftsmanship through intelligent art making.