Orangery Delights

About

Orangery Delights presents two large-scale glass paintings by the Danish artist, Johanne Lykke and Danish/Mexican artist, Nina Elizabeth, both based in Copenhagen. 

The format of the orangery showcases the duality of inner and outer spaces, inviting sunlight and atmospheric conditions indoors. Through an installation of transparent glass paintings, the artists highlight the transience of the space and infuse the atmosphere with vibrant colour. Inspired by the sensorial qualities of the orangery, Elizabeth showcases a large-scale landscape, whilst Lykke constructs a fragmented flower.  

Individual works:

Sky Bloom, 2020
Glass paint
400 x 355 cm

Lykke examines the relationship between the concrete and the abstract in nature. Using a variety of botanical-inspired shapes, she has constructed an oversized fragmented floral motif referencing several tropical flowers such as; hibiscus, orchid, flamingo lily and bird-of-paradise. By exaggerating the scale of the flower, Lykke aims to elevate nature to a higher state. Confronting the viewer with a towering vision of the natural world, her work acts as a gesture, a cultivation of the poetic potential of flowers and a transmission of the sensitivity and sublime in nature.

Nina Elizabeth
The Golden Warmth of a Distant Land, 2020
Glass paint
370 x 220 cm 

Elizabeth is interested in creating a bridge between geographies near and far. Investigating the chronicles of citrus fruit, she reintroduces a warm atmosphere into the orangery, alluding to their tropical and subtropical origins. In her painting she presents an abstracted landscape in orange, red and yellow, influencing the light as it enters the space. The work facilitates the experience of a space that is neither here nor there, but a unique fusion of the two - a space analogous to dreaming and memory, a space between.

About the artists:

Johanne Lykke (b. 1989) is a graduate from The Jutland Art Academy in Aarhus, Denmark (2015) and BHQFU in New York (2014). She has lived and worked across Europe, the US and South-East Asia and has been an artist-in-residence at Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia (2019), OBRAS Portugal (2017) and Residency Unlimited in New York (2014). Her work has been included in several international exhibitions among "Dead Ripe II" at Obst & Gemüse in Berlin as well as "GIFC" at Fisher Parrish Gallery in New York (2018). 

Nina Elizabeth (b. 1989) is a visual artist based in Copenhagen and Berlin. Growing up between Denmark, Mexico and Sweden, she undertook her education in the UK, obtaining an MA from the Royal College of Art in London. Her works have been exhibited across Europe, amongst these Skagens Kunsthal (2020), KASK in Ghent (2018) and Lage Egal in Berlin (2017). In 2018 she participated in the Adata AiR Artist in Residence in Plovdiv, BG as part of the programme "European Capital of Culture 2019".