PAST EXHIBITION - ANNALISA COLOMBARA
Annalisa Colombara
The Story of a Moonfish
21 November – 20 December 2015
A ‘Storytelling’ and ‘Meet the Artist’ event, featuring musicians Sue Ferrar and Neil Metcalfe, will be held from 4-6pm on Saturday 28 November 2015.
HINTERLANDGALLERY presents The Story of a Moonfish – a selection of London-based artist Annalisa Colombara’s etchings from 1977.
The Story of a Moonfish is artist Annalisa Colombara’s response to the beauty of the ocean – to the world that exists beneath the waves and the lives of its inhabitants.
Furthermore, her colourful drawings from 1990s transport the viewer from a coral reef to the Red Sea, through the depths of the ocean, bringing to life these rich, mostly unseen domains.
Deeply connected to the sea since childhood, Colombara’s work reflects her ongoing fascination with and appreciation for intricate aquatic landscapes, and her desire to preserve them for future generations – through her work Colombara seeks to emphasise the devastating effects pollution can have on marine ecosystems and our will to restore life to the sea.
“The sea is the beginning of life,” said Colombara. “The sea is in us, is part of us. We have a responsibility to it and we need to pass on this respect, for the sea, and nature, to our children.”
The artist’s book The Story of a Moonfish is part of the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and the Meermanno Museum, The Hague.
Annalisa Colombara was born in 1953 in Novara, Northern Italy. Today, she lives and works in London.
To find out more about Annalisa Colombara, please visit her website www.annalisacolombara.eu
The Story of a Moonfish
21 November – 20 December 2015
A ‘Storytelling’ and ‘Meet the Artist’ event, featuring musicians Sue Ferrar and Neil Metcalfe, will be held from 4-6pm on Saturday 28 November 2015.
HINTERLANDGALLERY presents The Story of a Moonfish – a selection of London-based artist Annalisa Colombara’s etchings from 1977.
The Story of a Moonfish is artist Annalisa Colombara’s response to the beauty of the ocean – to the world that exists beneath the waves and the lives of its inhabitants.
Furthermore, her colourful drawings from 1990s transport the viewer from a coral reef to the Red Sea, through the depths of the ocean, bringing to life these rich, mostly unseen domains.
Deeply connected to the sea since childhood, Colombara’s work reflects her ongoing fascination with and appreciation for intricate aquatic landscapes, and her desire to preserve them for future generations – through her work Colombara seeks to emphasise the devastating effects pollution can have on marine ecosystems and our will to restore life to the sea.
“The sea is the beginning of life,” said Colombara. “The sea is in us, is part of us. We have a responsibility to it and we need to pass on this respect, for the sea, and nature, to our children.”
The artist’s book The Story of a Moonfish is part of the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and the Meermanno Museum, The Hague.
Annalisa Colombara was born in 1953 in Novara, Northern Italy. Today, she lives and works in London.
To find out more about Annalisa Colombara, please visit her website www.annalisacolombara.eu
Annalisa Colombara at Henry Moore's studio 1970s.