one pic monday. Lina Viste Grønli

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Pentimento Kelloggs (Raisin Bran), 2016
Kelloggs Raisin Bran, US pennies, silicone, 30 x 20 x 5,5 cm

image courtesy of Christian Andersen, Copenhagen)

One of the most recent pentimento discovered comes from the seminal Black Square (1915) by MALEVICH. After an x-ray analysis in 2015, the experts at Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery discovered two previous paintings and an inscription beneath the monochrome.

According to wikipedia, ‘a pentimento is an alteration in a painting, evidenced by traces of previous work, showing that the artist has changed his or her mind as to the composition during the process of painting. The word is Italian for repentance, from the verb pentirsi, meaning to repent’.

Pentimento is also the title of the new solo exhibition by LINA VISTE GRØNLI presented in Copenhagen at Christian Andersen. The show features a series of everyday objects entirely or partly recovered with US pennies.

Like for the Swiss five-centime piece or the one cent euro, the unit cost of producing and shipping this type of coins exceed the face value of the coin. Additionally these pieces are mostly often handed out as change but rarely used for payment, which means they are hoarded in piggy banks and in drawers, effectively withdrawing them from circulation, obliging the mint to produce more.

Like for her previous works, LINA VISTE GRØNLI assembles everyday objects, here a cereal box and US pennies, with the painting term pentimento and thus creates something new in a rather witty way.

Pentimento is on view at Christian Andersen, Copenhagen until March 5, 2016



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