Migrations – Bibi Katholm

Migrations installation in the studio 2022.

“In ‘Migrations’… paintings become dynamic entities that interact and self reflect, tempting viewers to rethink what a painting can be. Paintings move off the walls, invert themselves, and show their backsides proudly as they become sculptural elements enticing viewers to view them from all sides. Paint becomes both subject and actor accentuating its liquid quality while flowing through pictorial space and more literally the raw canvas. The back sides of images become the front. Transition and change are at the heart of the series, as they are in the contemporary human experience. The work embodies a spirit of playfulness that is true to the essence of the creative process.”

– Will Gurley, from Migrations: new perspectives on painting.

Paintings in progress, studio view 2022.

‘Private Energy’ (front), 2021, Acrylic on raw canvas, 140 x 165 cm.

Floor installation, studio view 2022.

‘Moon Cycles’ (Red), 2021, Acrylic on raw canvas, 140 x 165 cm.

‘Private Energy’ (front), 2021, Acrylic on raw canvas, 140 x 165 cm & ‘Energy Field’ (front), 2022, Acrylic on raw canvas, 140 x 165 cm.

‘Atlantic’ (front), 2022, Acrylic on raw canvas, 100 x 120 cm & ‘Koordinates’ (back), 2022, Acrylic on raw canvas, 80 x 100 cm.

Floor Installation, studio view 2022.

Bibi Katholm in the studio, artist portrait by Jenny Sundby, 2022.

Works from the Migrations series in the studio, 2022.

‘Shield’ (back), 2022, Acrylic on raw canvas, 40 x 50 cm & ‘Atlas’ (front), 2022, Acrylic on raw canvas, 50 x 60 cm.

‘Energy Field’ (back), 2022, Acrylic on raw canvas, 140 x 165 cm.

‘Double Vision’ (front), 2022, Acrylic on raw canvas, 100 x 120 cm. ‘Up through slow fast’ (front), 2022, Acrylic on raw canvas, 50 x 60 cm. & ‘Movement Compass’ (front), 2022 Acrylic on raw canvas, 50 x 60 cm.