Helios - paintings by Bettina Forget
The Helios Series takes you on a voyage to the Sun. See the
Sun’s granulated surface, sun-spots, the photosphere, eclipses,
solar flares,... but not in the way you expect. These are not astronomical illustrations, but interpretations of the subject matter.
Drawing a parallel between the Sun and fire, Bettina Forget
actually burns the canvas, leaving delicate scorch-marks on the
paint and the raw linen. For her Eclipse paintings, she cuts holes
into the canvas and suspends the moon in the void with strings,
re-creating delicate sun-rays. Casts of fossils and seashells are
part of some paintings, pointing to the Sun as the origin of all
life on Earth. And re-appearing again and again are traces of
texts, written directly onto the canvas: astronomical data, personal musings, a poem by Goethe,... “Painting for me is about taking risks,” says the artist. “ I like to experiment with my materials and my process of making art. My aim is to push each new painting to its limits and not to repeat myself.”
Sun’s granulated surface, sun-spots, the photosphere, eclipses,
solar flares,... but not in the way you expect. These are not astronomical illustrations, but interpretations of the subject matter.
Drawing a parallel between the Sun and fire, Bettina Forget
actually burns the canvas, leaving delicate scorch-marks on the
paint and the raw linen. For her Eclipse paintings, she cuts holes
into the canvas and suspends the moon in the void with strings,
re-creating delicate sun-rays. Casts of fossils and seashells are
part of some paintings, pointing to the Sun as the origin of all
life on Earth. And re-appearing again and again are traces of
texts, written directly onto the canvas: astronomical data, personal musings, a poem by Goethe,... “Painting for me is about taking risks,” says the artist. “ I like to experiment with my materials and my process of making art. My aim is to push each new painting to its limits and not to repeat myself.”