IDA KUNSTMANN: TRANSIT
TRANSIT IS NOT A PLACE, BUT A STATE.
A PSYCHIC MOVEMENT BETWEEN WHAT WAS AND WHAT HAS NOT YET COME INTO BEING.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
THE EXHIBITION EXPLORES THE INNER JOURNEY THAT EMERGES IN THE ENCOUNTER WITH CHOICE, CHANGE, AND UNCERTAINTY. THE PAINTINGS REVOLVE AROUND THE EMOTIONAL TENSIONS THAT ACCOMPANY DECISIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE - DOUBT, HOPE, FEAR, LONGING, AND AGENCY - AND THE FRAGILE BALANCE BETWEEN MOVING FORWARD AND STANDING STILL.
THE FIGURES OCCUPY A TRANSITIONAL SPACE WHERE IDENTITY AND DIRECTION ARE IN DISSOLUTION. THERE IS NO FIXED DESTINATION HERE, ONLY A CONSTANT PROCESS. TRANSIT BECOMES A MENTAL LANDSCAPE WHERE EMOTIONS SHIFT FORM, AND WHERE THE UNKNOWN CAN BE EXPERIENCED AS BOTH OPPORTUNITY AND THREAT.
TO BE IN TRANSIT IS TO ACCEPT THE UNFINISHED.
TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING.
TO BE ON THE WAY - WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE.
FIND THE WORKS LIST FOR ‘TRANSIT’ HERE
IDA KUNSTMANN
IDA KUNSTMANN IS A DANISH ARTIST BASED IN AALBORG WHO WORKS ACROSS DRAWING PAINTING CERAMICS AND INSTALLATION. HER PRACTICE UNFOLDS IN A DREAMLIKE AND FAIRYTALE INSPIRED UNIVERSE WHERE THE FIGURATIVE AND THE ABSTRACT MEET AND MERGE.
AT THE CORE OF HER WORK ARE THEMES OF THE BODY IDENTITY AND TRANSFORMATION. THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION WITH FORM COLOUR AND MATERIALITY SHE CREATES WORKS THAT FEEL BOTH FRAGILE AND POWERFUL. LAYERS OF TEXTURE AND SUBTLE SHIFTS IN EXPRESSION INVITE THE VIEWER INTO OPEN ENDED NARRATIVES AND SENSORY EXPERIENCES.
IDA KUNSTMANN’S ART EXISTS IN A STATE OF BECOMING WHERE FIGURES MORPH SPACES BREATHE AND MEANING IS NEVER FIXED. HER WORK ENCOURAGES SLOW LOOKING AND PERSONAL INTERPRETATION OFFERING POETIC MOMENTS WHERE IMAGINATION AND EMOTION CAN FREELY UNFOLD.