Danish design duo Hvass & Hannibal – or Nan Na Hvass and Sofie Hannibal as they are otherwise known – will this week open for a six-week residence at east London’s Kemistry Gallery.
Taking inspiration from random mathematical data - of all things - the pair have produced a series of totemic, characteristically geometric pieces for 'Losing the plot' at Kemistry - utilising sculpture, illustration and silkscreen to surprisingly textural effect.
Having worked with everyone from Adidas to Sony - Copenhagen-based Hvass & Hannibal’s high-colour, linear approach extends into graphic design, art direction and illustration. And despite the elusive nature of their conceptual jump-off point – think probability theory and landscape mapping figures - the pair's artistic adaptability is evident throughout the London showing.
Claiming they "got lost, and went a bit mad’ in the process of producing the work for the aptly titled show, Hvass & Hannibal have elegantly transformed the hard-edged data into softened, craft-influenced screen prints, wooden wall pieces and sculptures - a series of which will also be on sale at Kemistry for the duration of the show.
Assorted Specimens, #1-6, 2009
Detail from Assorted Specimen #6, 2009
Detail from Topographic Reflection, 2009
Detail from Topographic Reflection, 2009
Topographic Reflection, 2009
Let’s Twist Again, 2009
Study of a Place, 2009
Detail from Study of a Place, 2009
Foreground: Black and White Swarm, 2009
Hologram, 2009
Detail from Hologram, 2009
The piece in the foreground is Black and White Swarm, and in the background - Let’s Twist Again, 2009
In the foreground is Black and White Swarm. Background pieces left to right, Flags of our Mothers #1-12, Tools #1 and 2, Topographic Reflection, 2009.
In the foreground is Black and White Swarm. Background pieces left to right, Detail from Let’s Twist Again, Study of a Place, 2009
ADDRESS
Kemistry Gallery
43 Charlotte Road
London
EC2A 3PD
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