Nikki Lindt "Solastalgia"

Heskin Contemporary

poster for Nikki Lindt "Solastalgia"

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This exhibition features recent paintings and works on paper. "Solastalgia," from the Latin solacium (comfort) and the Greek, algia (pain)— which is defined as “the pain experienced when there is recognition that the place where one resides and loves has had a negative transformation. Weather it is due to a natural disaster, drought, fire and flood, or a human induced event, war, land-clearing and mining. It is a type of homesickness. There are no man made elements in the paintings of Nikki Lindts’. The artist’s focus is on her figures in the natural environment. They maneuver through beaches, mountains and forests, often scurrying, bent over or in very direct contact with the terrain. These small, punch-packing paintings are usually created in single sittings. Acrylic paint is sparely layered with large, gestural brush strokes, rendering blustery, nature-based scenes that look like dreams or memories. The acrylic paint is watered down looking almost like ink in the first layers of the paintings and often some of the first layers can be seen in parts of the final piece. Ms. Lindt’s figures appeared to be worked out in detail but when looking closer you see they are painted in a very gestural manor.

[Image: Nikki Lindt "Landscapes and Small People #62" (2010) Acrylic on board 12 x 9 in.]

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Schedule

from February 18, 2010 to March 27, 2010

Opening Reception on 2010-02-18 from 18:00 to 21:00

Artist(s)

Nikki Lindt

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