Berlin

Emma Stibbon – Ice Mirage

Exhibition Dates
17 January - 3 May 2015
Address

BASTIAN
Am Kupfergraben 10
10117 Berlin-Mitte

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We are delighted to present in this exhibition a new series of drawings and graphics by the British artist Emma Stibbon. In these works, Stibbon devotes herself to the impressive Polar landscapes of the Arctic and the Antarctic following her recent expeditions to Svalbard and the Antarctic Peninsula.

Central motifs for Stibbon are the idea that certain places are fleeting in the way we perceive and remember them. »I am interested in how the apparently monumental can be so fragile«, the artist explains.

The sculptural ice formations whose forms dissolve into the sea, the icebergs incandescent in the dark night and the vast mountain ridges surrounded by clouds conjure the Romantic notion of the ›Sublime‹.

Exhibition views

 

Selected Works

 
  • Emma Stibbon »Night Navigation« 2014

    Intaglio print
    66.5 x 97.5 cm / 26.2 x 38.4 in. [H x W]
    Edition: 30

  • Emma Stibbon »Summit« 2014

    Ink and charcoal dust
    201.5 x 152.5 cm / 79.3 x 60 in. [H x W]

  • Emma Stibbon »Deception Island (STACK)« 2014

    Ink, charcoal dust and volcanic ash
    140.5 x 207 cm / 55.3 x 81.5 in. [H x W]