MONA BREKKE

All trees grow differently

mona — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:11:47 +0000

All trees grow differently

Size 100 x 70 cm. Black felt pen on paper

All trees grow differently is a series of drawings about transformation. One of the transformation processes that the pictures recount is my own childhood where the place of Rollag was important. This rural village has been my family’s regular holiday location, and the vacation experiences in Rollag have attached themselves as impressions and moods in my memory.

A parallel story tells of nature and of trees that grow. Trees all develop differently depending on what opportunities for growth they are given – all the branches go in their particular directions and each have their specific place.

Invisible Rooms

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:44:50 +0000

working

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:43:08 +0000

between

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:42:29 +0000

Hidden Forgotten Moved

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:41:43 +0000

Floating Control

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:40:43 +0000

Sharing Views

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:39:37 +0000

IMPLANTS

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:27:07 +0000

INPLANTS

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:00:44 +0000

INPLANTS

Size: 59,4 x 42 cm. Black felt pen on paper

This project consists of a series of drawings and a series of objects(see installation).

The title can serve as an image of the artificial that slowly becomes part of the natural. At the same time, it provides a picture of continuous and ongoing organic processes in plants and in other sorts of lifeprocesses.

Black on white

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:00:36 +0000

Svart på hvitt

Size: 70 x 100 cm. Black felt pen on paper

Size: 42 x 59,4 cm. Black felt pen on paper

Size: 70 x 100 cm. Black felt pen on paper

Size: 42 x 59,4 cm. Black felt pen on paper

A series of drawings with black felt pen that take as a point of departure the language found in different types of professional drawings: graphs, architectural drawings, maps, diagrams, forms, etc. In the midst of the informational language something else emerges, something recognisable which demands that the drawings be viewed in a different way.

The words and sentences found in the drawings also carry multiple layers of meaning: some of them obvious and tangible – while others are more ambiguous and multifaceted.

Things that are difficult to measure or to characterise are allowed a place next to what is measurable and precisely defined. In this way, associations are allowed to wander, and thoughts are weaved together – as a response to a one-dimensional and unambiguous image of the truth.