Entwined
Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
2 - 25 March 2023
Looking at these paintings is like being transported into the scene: to watch the artist as she works, to feel the warmth of the first rays of the sun at dawn, to breathe in the early morning mist, and exhale its winter chill. An invitation to stand in, of, and with the natural world. Bergstrom resists the term ‘landscape painting’ to describe her work. Rather, the artist sees the landscape as a ‘mirror of the mind’ that reflects belonging and connection.
Danelle Bergstrom’s paintings are landscapes of the heart and of the mind. They invite contemplation, reflection, respite, and stillness - qualities that resonate now more than ever.
Excerpt from the exhibition catalogue essay by Sarah Gurich, Director, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Calling, 2020, oil on linen, 122 x 366 cm
Entwined XVI, 2020, oil on linen, 92 x 153 cm
Entwined XVII, 2020, oil on linen, 92 x 153 cm
Entwined XVIII, 2020, oil on linen, 92 x 153 cm
On Track I, 2020, oil on linen, 103 x 103 cm
On Track II, 2020, oil on linen, 103 x 103 cm
On Track III, 2020, oil on linen, 103 x 103 cm
Beckoning, 2020, oil on linen, 153 x 183 cm
Surrender, 2020, oil on linen, 153 x 183 cm
Between Two Worlds, 2020, oil on linen, 183 x 153 cm
Precious Silver, 2020, oil on linen, 153 x 183 cm
Remember, 2020, oil on linen, 92 x 274 cm
Resound, 2020, oil on linen, 100 x 300 cm
Predictions I, 2020, oil on linen, 103 x 103 cm
Predictions II, 2020, oil on linen, 103 x 103 cm
Longing, 2020, oil on linen, 103 x 103 cm
Entwined I, 2020, oil on linen, 61 x 61 cm
Entwined II, 2020, oil on linen, 61 x 61 cm
Entwined III, 2020, oil on linen, 61 x 61 cm
Entwined IV, 2020, oil on linen, 61 x 61 cm
Entwined V, 2020, oil on linen, 61 x 61 cm
Entwined VI, 2020, oil on linen, 61 x 61 cm
Entwined VII, 2020, oil on linen, 61 x 61 cm
Entwined VIII, 2020, oil on linen, 61 x 61 cm
Entwined IX, 2020, oil on linen, 61 x 61 cm
Entwined X, 2020, oil on linen, 61 x 61 cm
Entwined XI, 2020, oil on linen, 61 x 61 cm
Entwined XII, 2020, oil on linen, 61 x 61 cm
Entwined XIII, 2020, oil on linen, 61 x 61 cm
Entwined XIV, 2020, oil on linen, 61 x 61 cm
Entwined XV, 2020, oil on linen, 61 x 61 cm
Installation of video work at Arthouse Gallery. Danelle Bergstrom & Zelko Dejanovic (digital compositor), Entwined, 2020, single channel HD video, sound, 3 minutes 20 seconds looped
The concept behind the video for Entwined, was to use 15 small intimate paintings where the paint has a specific language of its own then create something entirely different in an oversized scale. The viewers visual periphery is surrounded by a journey into the landscape and immerses the viewer in a world quite abstract while still retaining an impression of being interwoven in the landscape. It points to the fact that we are not apart from nature, we are in fact a part of nature. We are all entwined.
Exhibition video by Simon Hewson for Arthouse Gallery.