ISCA GALLERY

LIV ERTZEID
Look down, fair moon, and bathe this scene
9.10 - 14.11.2020

ISCA Gallery is proud to present Liv Ertzeid’s solo exhibition Look down, fair moon, and bathe this scene. The exhibition consists of a new series of paintings rich in botanical symbolism and nocturnal imagery.

Ertzeid continues her exploration of gardens, flowers, vegetation, and small creatures, however her color palette has shifted to much darker, deeper hues. The paintings depict the natural world at nighttime; dusky, crepuscular scenes that simultaneously evoke the beauty, unease and horror of darkness. The introduction of animals such as birds, butterflies and bugs gives the work allegorical power. The narratives she has created in each painting are at once comical and unsettling, such as three crows standing with wide open beaks in front of an eery red sky as chubby caterpillars fall down towards their eager mouths. 

Ertzeid paints in an immediate manner, with bold, gestural brush work and stylized representations that create rich, evocative scenes. Repetitive dots and patterns infuse the works with a fluid rhythm that appease the eye. The visual language she has developed is a synthesis of diverse traditions in painting, ranging from Japanese silk-prints, to post-impressionism, as well as 1960’s and 70’s advertising posters. She refuses to commit to one specific style, instead adopting a variety of approaches to painting that is uniquely hers.

Liv Ertzeid (b.1986, Lørenskog, Norway) holds a BA (2015) and MA (2019) from the Oslo Academy of Fine Art. Her work has recently been acquired for the collection of the National Museum of Norway. She is the co-founder of Sursula, an artist run gallery in Oslo, and co-curator of Løkenåsveien in Lørenskog. Recent solo exhibitions include The 2019 Garden Exhibition, Destiny’s Atelier, Oslo (2019) and Zoo, Plum Trim, Nesodden (2019). Selected group exhibitions include Herfra, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger (2020); Unge inviterte, LNM, Oslo (2020); Gathering, Hypha, Nesodden (2019); Olje og Begjær, Blomquist / QB Galleri, Oslo (2019); En springer på randen er en springer i sanden, Saksumdal Tempel, Oslo (2017); Vet du ikke det? Jeg trodde du var en velutdannet kvinne, Bærum Kunsthall, Fornebu (2017); En psykogeografisk guide til Oslo/Tegnebiennalen, Oslo (2017); Urd og Liv med venner, One Night Only, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (2015); I Am My World, Podium, Oslo (2013). Upcoming highlights include Styrerommet, Henie Onstad, Bærum (2020) and Stormen, Bodø (2021). Liv currently lives and works in Frederikstad. 

Photography by Julie Hrnčířová

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