Sensing The Sea – Svendborg

SAK, Svendborg, 2021

“Nina Wengel’s works depict the transition from day to night, possibly the most vital repetition for our orientation in the world. Repetitively and rhythmically as a heartbeat, the image of the sunset is painted in infinity. It could be any day of the week, month, or era. We could be in the past as well as the future. In the second series of images of the sun above the sea, we could even be anywhere in the universe. Nina’s sun does not necessarily look like our sun but could, just as well, be a sun from another solar system. The same goes for her sea which, instead of blue, just as often appears as red or black. Something simultaneously unknown and recognisable is taking place. This restless sense of longing and the dream of being somewhere else is, through the repetition, transformed into a sense of calmness and belonging to eternity. This transformation happens while the artist is standing at the port, looking across the sea.”

Texts by curator Tijana Miskovic.