Line Gulsett: Toxic Trail
On Friday the 29th of November TORCH gallery proudly opens with Toxic Trail, the first solo-exhibition by Norwegian artist Line Gulsett. This opening is part of the city-spanning event 'The Amsterdam Art Weekend' and will be followed by a public interview between the artist and the renowned critic Alexander Mayhew on Sunday the first of December. After these events the exhibition will be open until Saturday the 11th of January.
Toxic Trail is a reference to both pollution and a perilous path. One could say that Gulsett's method of combining the figurative and the abstract on one canvas is a dangerous path itself. Especially when none of her pieces seem to offer a satisfying answer to the questions of either representation of reality, or the loss thereof. But the title primarily refers to a bigger threat than that of a representational artistic practice. Toxic Trail is an investigation into the erosion of social cohesion. Gulsett feels that from childhood on human contact gradually diminishes, inherently damaged by the comfortable distances of modern communication.
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On Friday the 29th of November TORCH gallery proudly opens with Toxic Trail, the first solo-exhibition by Norwegian artist Line Gulsett. This opening is part of the city-spanning event 'The Amsterdam Art Weekend' and will be followed by a public interview between the artist and the renowned critic Alexander Mayhew on Sunday the first of December. After these events the exhibition will be open until Saturday the 11th of January.
Toxic Trail is a reference to both pollution and a perilous path. One could say that Gulsett's method of combining the figurative and the abstract on one canvas is a dangerous path itself. Especially when none of her pieces seem to offer a satisfying answer to the questions of either representation of reality, or the loss thereof. But the title primarily refers to a bigger threat than that of a representational artistic practice. Toxic Trail is an investigation into the erosion of social cohesion. Gulsett feels that from childhood on human contact gradually diminishes, inherently damaged by the comfortable distances of modern communication.
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