Exhibition view JANUS - West Jutland Art Museum
travelling
Jonna Pedersen was invited as guest for the artist association Vestjyllandsudstillingen 2024, where the theme was Travelling. In her works, she has focused on the preparations to leave, as well as thoughts and memories associated with travelling. Time has taught her that she doesn't need to go to new places to discover meaningful things. There may be surprises in the memories of trips and places.
Presently, the artist works to mirror existence through well-known pictorial elements such as clothes and shoes. The artist is interested in how special clothes express values and attitudes and tell something about ourselves. In the painting Time Travel, each item in the suitcase refers to a person. For example the pink hat is Yvonne's from Olsen Banden, the bikini is used in a James Bond film, the blue suit is Elvis', the sunglasses are Elton John's, the tie is Ziggy Stardust/David Bowie.
In the period 2005-2013, the artist worked on depicting urban landscapes and human traces from big cities such as New York, London and other places she had exhibited. She has revisited her travel memories and incorporated them into her current universe. In Sofa Travel, she has used a memory from Malmö combined with a sofa, from which the mind can travel out into the world and the feet can dance in Bjørn Ulvaeus' boots. Kodak Ice brings together experiences from New York, and Are is inspired by stays in London.
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Are / Acrylic on canvas / 100 x 80 cm / 2024
Kodak Ice / Acrylic on canvas / 120 x 100 cm / 2024
Time Travel / Acrylic on canvas / 150 x 200 cm / 2024
Reading Poetry. Do Not Disturb / Digital collage, print on Hahnemühle paper mounted on diamantglass / 70 x 50 cm / 2024 - edition of 3
Jonna Pedersen har været gæst på kunstnersammenslutningen Vestjyllandsudstillingen 2024, hvor temaet var Travelling. I værkerne har hun taget udgangspunkt i forberedelserne til at tage af sted, samt tanker og minder forbundet med at rejse. Tiden har lært hende, at hun ikke behøver at tage til nye steder for at opdage meningsfulde ting. Der kan være overraskelser i minderne om rejser og steder.
Pt. arbejder kunstneren med at spejle eksistens igennem velkendte billedelementer som klæder og sko. Man siger, at klæder skaber folk. Kunstneren er optaget af, hvordan særlige klæder udtrykker værdier og holdninger og fortæller noget om, hvordan vi mennesker er til i verden. I maleriet Time Travel refererer hver genstand i kufferten til en person. F.eks. er den lyserøde hat Yvonnes fra Olsen Banden, bikinien er brugt i en James Bond film, den blå dragt er Elvis', solbrillerne er Elton Johns, slipset er Ziggy Stardusts/David Bowie.
I perioden 2005-2013 beskæftigede kunstneren sig med at skildre bylandskaber, tidslommer og menneskets spor fra storbyer som New York, London og andre steder, hun havde udstillet. Hun har genbesøgt sine rejseminder og inddraget dem i sit nuværende univers. I Sofa Travel har hun brugt et minde fra Malmö kombineret med en sofa, hvorfra tankerne kan rejse ud i verden og fødderne kan danse i Bjørn Ulvaeus' støvler. I Kodak Ice samles oplevelser fra New York, og Are er inspireret af ophold i London.
Unique in Berlin / Acrylic on canvas / 100 x 80 cm / 2024
Clean Travel / Lino print / 40 x 30 cm / 2024 / Edition of 20
Exhibition view JANUS - West Jutland Art Museum
