Scent of Water
Scent of Water
Scent of Water

Ragna Bley

Scent of Water, 2022250 x 380cmSign in to view price
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acrylic on canvasPilar Corrias
Description
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The artwork features a vibrant, abstract composition of bold blue hues and organic shapes reminiscent of underwater flora. The dominant elements are fluid, amorphous forms in shades of blue and teal, creating a dreamlike, surreal atmosphere. The use of expressive brushstrokes and layered textures adds depth and dynamism to the piece. While the subject matter is not immediately recognizable, the overall impression evokes a sense of aquatic life and the mysterious beauty of the natural world. The artist's intention seems to be to capture the ephemeral and enigmatic qualities of the marine environment through an abstract, emotive visual language. ...

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Ragna Bley
Artist
Ragna Bley
B.1986, Swedish

Ragna Bley (b. 1986, Uppsala, Sweden) is an artist based in Oslo working with painting, sculpture, text and performance. She explores the oscillation between the familiar and alien, looking to narratives within biology, literature and science-fiction. Bley’s colours vacillate over the surface and seep into the canvas, intermixing like currents and creating infinite possibilities of grouping and regrouping form. Through this process, Bley traverses the relationship between abstraction and representation. She creates layers and transparencies that hint at familiar shapes and organic matter, though the visual associations that arise from Bley’s paintings are completely individual - and may at times resemble forms that are imperceptible to humans. Certain areas of Bley’s canvases are painted, while some are left bare, alluding to the instability of images, and more broadly, to the slippages between our frameworks of understanding. ...

Ragna Bley: Artworks
Low Sky Calling
Ragna Bley
Low Sky Calling, 2022
250 x 375cm
Scent of Water
Ragna Bley
Scent of Water, 2022
250 x 380cm
Aerolith, Dusk
Ragna Bley
Aerolith, Dusk, 2022
212 x 118cm
Tender Tender
Ragna Bley
Tender Tender, 2022
212 x 118cm
Peripheral Bruise
Ragna Bley
Peripheral Bruise, 2022
212 x 115cm
Enter, Erase
Ragna Bley
Enter, Erase, 2022
212 x 118cm
Moon Catch
Ragna Bley
Moon Catch, 2022
212 x 118cm
Phantom Fold
Ragna Bley
Phantom Fold, 2022
212 x 120cm
Dice
Catch
La Belle Epoque
Ragna Bley
La Belle Epoque, 2022
215 x 375cm
Drive
Ragna Bley
Drive, 2023
155 x 145cm
Catch
Pilar Corrias
Gallery
Pilar Corrias
London, London

Pilar Corrias Gallery is a contemporary art gallery owned by Pilar Corrias. The 3,800 square foot gallery in London's Fitzrovia, designed by Rem Koolhaas, is made up of two exhibition spaces, located in the heart of London's West End. Pilar Corrias opened a second London gallery space at 2 Savile Row in July 2021, designed by London and Oslo-based architect firm Hesselbrand. Since its inception, the gallery has worked with emerging and established artists with the central aim of allowing their work to grow both in terms of production of new projects and the making of new exhibitions. Pilar Corrias now represents a total of thirty-two international artists, two-thirds of whom are female. ...

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