HANNA ROLOFF

TERRÄNG

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"At SKOG, Hanna Roloff presents her latest series of collage paintings, ´TERRÄNG´ (TERRAIN). The works are constructed from painted and hand-sewn canvases, where shapes, surfaces, and colors form compositions that seek both balance and friction. Roloff explores the contrasts between the intuitive and sensory on one hand, and the formal and structured on the other. Through a mix of muted and more high-frequency earth tones, the painterly expression moves between playful yet controlled brushstrokes and more organic traces of paint, where the pigments seeps through the canvas, so that the reverse side becomes the front side.

With the title ´TERRÄNG´ (TERRAIN), Roloff points towards a cartographic and nature-oriented approach to the images. Shapes, fields of color, and fragments evoke traces, landscapes, and movements within a terrain. From the works´ origins as paper collages to their final form as collage paintings, Roloff has explored and worked on the compositions from different angles, much like turning a map to find direction and new perspectives within a landscape. By cutting up and fragmenting the canvases, then reassembling them with needle and thread, the working process becomes a reflection on our own ability to find new connections within a fragmented landscape.”