Young Jesus, 2006 oil on canvas, 100 x 60 cm, 39 3/8 x 23 5/8 inches Cris Brodahl Electric Blue Painted with the romanticised aura of the past and of traditional, figurative painting, Cris Brodahl's (b. 1963, Ghent) works present exquisite and bizarre arrangements. "Drawing from Surrealism as a departure point, Brodahl's paintings are pieced together as stylised motifs, irrational and dream-like icons". Cris Brodahl's "portraits" are both seductive and monstrous. Labyrinthine hairdos, touching patterns of entwined hands and a single pair of high heel shoes reveal a sensuous physicality. Elaborate still lifes including a heavy table cloth, meticulous parts of a skeleton and a reclining female head with an all-seeing eye suggest hidden and undescribable forces at work in our daily worlds. "Through her amalgamated forms, Brodahl envisions an image of fractured beauty; its placid but very controlled fabrication belying psychological unease." In the new series of paintings, Brodahl used a ground layer of "electric blue" paint. Although most of this colour gets covered afterwards by the different layers of paints and imagery, Brodahl leaves open very small fragments within her composition that reveal the sharp blue at unexpected occasions. Exhibition: 21 April - 27 May 2006 Gallery hours: Tues-Sat 12 - 6 pm Xavier Hufkens Gallery Sint-Jorisstraat 6-8 Rue Saint-Georges B-1050 Brussels Telephone +32 2 639 67 30 Fax +32 2 639 67 38 Email info@xavierhufkens.com www.xavierhufkens.com |
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