Time flies…

When you’re having fun.
Focusing on projects and other social medias has left this section sleeping for a while so here’s a quick recap about the last months events…

Amour & Courage ” Mural. May 21-27 May 2023.

Spring 2023 I was asked to participate to a Mural Festival in Piteå, gathering four artists from all over the world. Mona Caron, Delicious Brains, Fadlabi and myself.

This was my contribution. The mural ”Amour & Courage” is a reminder to those who pass by and look at it, to show Love and to find the Courage to stand up for themselves and one another. To show acceptance and kindness. We are all the same, We are all different, We are all locals. Just be who you are. This one takes the most courage… Don’t try to fit in, lead the way. 

Time Lapse https://www.instagram.com/p/CvS0GnRO4Ij/

Photos: Private / Courtesy of Mattias Lundberg/ Kaleido. 2023.


“The Black Collars”. Original paintings in vintage frames. 2021 – …

Their names are Ernestine, Marta, Léa, Andrée, Nora, to name a few…

“The Black Collars” is an ongoing project and a growing collection of portraits. I find old beautiful vintage frames and paint women, all named after women in my french and swedish families. Some I never new and some I live with. With a subtile halo, these women are called the Black Collars, as opposed to “white ones”. Maybe to encourage disobedience… 

WIP https://www.instagram.com/p/CjyHKWDqksb/

Some of them are travelling to Barcelona this September to be shown at NoHo Gallery for a group exhibition “Reflection of Intent”. 13th Sept – 4th Oct. Come and say Hi if you happen to be << en el barrio! >>.
https://www.nohohouse.co

The “aMUSEd Project”. June 2015.

“The aMUSEd Project” was born during winter 2015.

Wanting to get out of my confort zone and flipping my process backwards,
I decided to let women choose to be portrayed by me instead of me choosing models.

As previous projects, it was also based upon the idea of setting my own physical and material boundaries: One month. Canvases in one only size, 25×25 cm and painting strictly in black & white.

I called out for faces on social medias and received so many photos. Simple mobile pics, no make up, all different. All revealing.

Below Muses #3, #8, #10, #15, #18, #23, #24, #30 and gathered all great ladies who had the curiosity & courage to trust me. Thank you!

XXX

/A.

 

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”Northern Meetings”

The mural painting “Northern Meetings” is a commissioned work for Nolia/Piteå. Sweden for their workshop and conference facilities.

The theme was “meetings” so I created, based on the rounded wall, the geographic location and the theme, an organic painting of two characters where Hand and Eye contact are in focus. Which is what meetings are about.

The picture’s lines and shades of green, grey and blue refer to Piteå’s northern landscape and it’s archipelago. Painted lines that could be, at first sight a map or roads and paths as well as life lines evolving, growing, tagging along parallel and crossing each other, or not at some point.

April 2015.

Amanda Mendiant X ICEHOTEL / Jukkasjärvi

And She’s out! THE ICE EMPRESS for ICEHOTEL.

From today, Dec 12. the painting can be seen in the beautiful reception of the world known venue 200 km north of the Arctic Circle…

For the 25 Years celebration of the iconic ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi, my wish was to personalize this magical place with a customized portrait. These are my thoughts behind the paintings…

As each ice block that is harvested from Torne River measures two meters long and one meter thick, the paintings were made that precise same size. Two ice blocks of pure, crystal clear water affected by Day & Night LIGHT, theme for 2015.

The ICEHOTEL is embodied in a Wintery, high powered Lady, watching over the place and surrounded by chosen elements telling a story:

The Torne River, source of the building material that will melt back to the River once the season is over, is pouring through her hands and through both canvases.

An ice crown reminding of the entrance of the hotel and elements such as the polar bear, the wild goose, the snowballs, as seen in earlier Art Suites. The ”studs” from an Icebar, the iceblocks, the collar and the earring, all various elements from previous designs of ICEHOTEL that has been different each time for the past 25 years.

On the Day Light side, painted in shades of intense blue, white and grey you can see the snowflakes, frost, and the particular illuminating, almost blinding, light. On the Night side, the darkness, the nearly black ice blocks and the magical nature phenomenon, Aurora Borealis and it’s breathtaking colors.

Two sides, one Face, The ICE, The Snow, the surroundings and the Northern LIGHT’s impact on them all.

Same but different and unexpectedly complementary…

The painting was created between October 7th and December 3rd. 2014. Material used are acrylics on cotton canvas, mounted on high quality frames of certified timber according to FSC and Rainforest Alliance qualification for responsible wood agriculture. All paintings and frames are assembled inhouse by Amanda Mendiant & Crew.

Enjoy!

/Amanda

 

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