?slenskt hagkerfi rei?ir sig s?fellt meira ? fer?amannai?na?inn sem er vaxandi grein og hefur ? f?r me? s?r a? gengi? er ? helstu n?tt?ruperlur landsins. ?a? er ?v? varla lengur h?gt a? horfa til ?essara sta?a og hugsa um ?? sem hreina n?tt?ru . Gr??ahyggjan hefur n?? a? s?lsa undir sig upplifun okkar ? n?tt?ruperlum og ?essir sta?ir liggja undir skemmdum vegna aukins ?gangs og skorts ? fj?rmunum e?a ?huga til a? var?veita ??. Um ?essar mundir beinist athyglin a? tv?r??ninni sem felst ? n?tingu og verndun n?tt?runnar sem er, vegna hra?rar ?r?unar ? fer?amannageiranum, ?litin au?lind e?a eftris?knarver? eign en ? s?r einnig ?hugaver?ar hli?st??ur annars sta?ar ? hagkerfinu sem h?gt er a? rekja b??i til s?gu og vi?horfs ?slendinga. ? s?ningunni Gildi n?tt?runnar s?nir Philipp Valenta tv?r ser?ur sem tengjast ?essu ?ema, S?ldar?vint?ri og Grasasafn.
S?ldar?vint?ri tengist uppganginum sem ?tti s?r sta? ? kringum s?ldarvei?ar ? ?slandi ? t?mabilinu 1867-1968 ? Nor?ur- og Austurlandi. S?ldin hans Philipps er b?in til ?r ?li – efni sem tengist hinum n?ja uppgangi ? i?na?i ? ?slandi. Verkin fjalla b??i um gamlan og n?jan t?ma og a? ?v? er vir?ist endurteki? munstur vi? n?tingu n?tt?ruau?linda.
Fyrir ser?una Herbarium safna?i Philipp peningase?lum, b??i ?relta og sem eru enn ? umfer?, fr? mismunandi l?ndum og klippti ?t bl?mamyndirnar og skapa?i ?annig mj?g s?rstakan bl?magjaldmi?il. ? m?rgum peningase?lum v??a um heim er a? finna mj?g n?kv?mar teikningar af innlendri fl?ru, t.d. bl?m sem eru d?miger?ir fulltr?ar ?kve?ins sv??is e?a loftslagssv??a. ? ??sku er or?i? Bl?ten (bl?m) nota? til a? l?sa f?lsu?um se?lum. ? huga Philipps dregur tengingin fram tilb?inn eiginleika peninga sem hann setur fram me? ?essu safni falsa?ra bl?ma.
Bl?masafn:?100 cordoba, N?karag?a;?5 sen, Japan;?10 r?plur, Sri Lanka;?1 ringgit, Malas?a;?5 ringgit, Malas?a;?10 ringgit, Malas?a;?50 sent, Sierra Leone;?10.000 kr?nur, ?sland.
Philipp Valenta was born 1987 in Hattingen, Germany. He graduated in Fine Art from Bauhaus-University Weimar and the Academy of Fine Arts M?nster, and?in Metalsmithing and Jewelry?from the University of Applied Sciences Hildesheim. Currently he is master student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Braunschweig.?Valenta works mostly conceptually in a variety of media, ranging from drawing and printmaking to installation, video and performance art. His topics mostly revolve around financial and economic values, in a general way and?in relation?to problems and questions that are specific to the art market and to being an artist.?His works have been?shown in Germany and?abroad, and he has?received several?prizes and grants. A residency grant from Goethe Institut Denmark has now brought him to Skaftfell and to Sey?isfj?r?ur.
Philipp Valenta’s work is part of many museum collections, due to his conceptual project?Being A Successful Artist.?It consists of?gifting drawings with only a red dot on them?to art institutions and collections. While the red dot is?a signifier of a sold work and therefore suggests commercial success, the question of how to define success in general remains open. By gifting his way into collections worldwide, Valenta circumvents usual processes in the art market to gradually increase his own and his works’ significance. The Skaftfell Center for Visual Art is with this exhibition now also in possession of a drawing from the series?Being A Successful Artist.
Philipp Valenta’s residency at Skaftfell is supported by Goethe Institut Denmark.
