LB°18 — Artists

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Isak Hall

Isak Hall (b. 1978) is an artist based in Stockholm.

In Isak Hall’s quiet and enigmatic abstract landscape, shades of ultramarine and ochre transpose us into outer space, somewhere ruled by entirely different laws of physics. Using renaissance techniques, he explores painting’s ability to either let different colours become one – let them slide in and out of one another on the same surface, or separate them with a layer of varnish so that a luminous lighter hue emerges from the dark background. His brushwork spans from sheer and veil-like to an impasto stroke of solid mass protruding from the base.

However, while these classical techniques used to depict the sparkle of jewellery, the Virgin Mary’s blue robe or the shimmer of a knight’s armour, Isak Hall applies them only in their own service, beyond religious traditions and ancient myths. Northern Transcendence was made in the summer of 2017 in his studio in the north of Västerbotten. All the elements found on earth are out there as reminders that we are one with them: the mountains, the rivers, the forests – and all the beating hearts.

Isak Hall (b. 1978) is an artist based in Stockholm.