THE NATURE OF LANDSCAPE AND INDEPENDENT PERCEPTION

Georg Gudni / Viggo Mortensen

January 14-February 18, 2006
Curated by Kevin Power

Track 16 Gallery
Bergamot Station Arts Center, Michigan Avenue, Santa Monica, CA

PRESS / INFO:

Press release and pictures at the Track 16 Gallery website
An article at hustlerofculture.com

VISITORS' REPORTS:

Reports at Viggo-Works
Reports at The Farthest Outpost

COMMENTS

From: hustlerofculture.com
These are abstract emotions that give very few clues to their source, apart from the titles that anchor them in specific landscapes and locations in Iceland and New Zealand. In his work, Mortensen finds what he feels and what is revealed in what he sees. It is the revelation of what is hidden within and also at the same time the surface brilliance of a phenomenon. He gives us images that come directly from the world but that leave us in state of disequilibrium. There is a saturation of color and, if you like, a sense of awe - a mixture of fear and wonder - before our being in the world.

EXHIBITED WORKS

PHOTOS

Room Two
1. Odense 2 2003 90 x 40 in. Edition No. 1/3 $7000
2. Odense 2003 90 x 40 in. Edition No. 1/3 $7000
3. Hafnarfjörur 2003 90 x 40 in. Edition No. 1/3 $7000
4. Skjoldenæsholm 10 2003 90 x 40 in. Edition No. 1/3 $7000
5. Kaitoke 11 2003 90 x 40 in. Edition No. 1/3 $7000
6. Ngauranga 2003 90 x 40 in. Edition No. 1/3 $7000
7. Keflavik 2003 90 x 40 in. Edition No. 1/3 $7000
8. Odense 3 2003 90 x 40 in. Edition No. 1/3 $7000
9. Wakefield 2003 90 x 40 in. Edition No. 1/3 $7000

Room3
35. Lost 2000 9 x 12 in. Edition No. 15/25 $600
36. Lost 2 2000 9 x 12 in. Edition No. 14/25 $600
37. Lost 4 2000 9 x 12 in. Edition No. 10/25 $600
38. Lost 5 2000 9 x 12 in. Edition No. 10/25 $600
39. Hindsight 34 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
40. Hindsight 22 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
41. Hindsight 21 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
42. Vor 5 2003 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
43. Skjoldenæsholm 5 2003 40 x 26 in. Edition No. 1/6 $2200

Grid
1. North 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
2. Topanga 24 2003 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
3. Rachid's 4 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
4. North 4 2003 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
5. Hindsight 83 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
6. Hindsight 84 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
7. North 5 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
8. Erfoud 24 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
9. Erfoud 17 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
10. Cheyenne River 3 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
11. Jul 2 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
12. Erfoud 11 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
13. Erfoud 14 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
14. North 6 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
15. Erfoud 15 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
16. Erfoud 19 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
17. North 7 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
18. Erfoud 16 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
19. Twilight 3 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
20. Hindsight 81 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200

Back Room
1. Sueño del Retiro 2002 21 1/2 x 40 in. Edition No. 2/6 $2200
2. Hindsight 3 2002 13 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $800
3. Emergency 4 2004 13 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $800
4. Reykjavik 2003 13 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $800
5. Pulaski 2 2003 13 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $800
6. Topanga 36 2003 13 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $800
7. Hindsight 24/25 2002 16 x 30 in. Edition No. 2/25 $800
8. Hindsight 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 3/25 $1200
9. Paradise 1999 12 x 30 in. Edition No. 2/25 $2000
10. Ezeiza 4 2003 13 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $800
11. Ezeiza 3 2003 13 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $800
12. York 2003 90 x 40 in. Edition No. 1/3 $7000
13. 4 July 2003 90 x 40 in. Edition No. 1/3 $7000
14. Stone Street 2 2003 90 x 40 in. Edition No. 1/3 $7000
15. Erfoud 8 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
16. 18 September 2 2003 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
17. Erfoud 5 2002 20 x 20 in. Edition No. 1/9 $1200
18. 7 July 2003 20 x 13 in. Edition No. 1/9 $800