Orphic Forest

August 06, 2021 - December 05, 2021

Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, Saint Petersburg, Russia

ORPHIC FOREST

AUGUST 2021- DECEMBER 2021

Brandt’s artistic approach is exceptional in that his oeuvre escapes a definitive movement. Through engaging in photography, sculpture, metal work as well as woodcuts in his own notable way, Brandt has carved a niche within the contemporary art scene.

Primarily his unique approach is due to his integration of physical elements which are echoed in each work, hence for his Lakes and Reservoirs series, the landscapes were bathed in the water of their subjects. Brandt’s 2014 series Dust featured reproductions of historical photographs of demolished structures, rendered in pigments borne of debris collected from those sites. His 2012 Bee series are made up entirely of honeybees on paper, whilst Night Skies feature cocaine dust on photographer’s velvet.

Erarta, however will focus mainly on Brandt’s elegant Silver series, which are large scale images of trees made from metal and silver. The series to be shown in Erarta will be one of a kind, as the project was specially commissioned by the museum to be later added to its permanent collection. An immersive forest-esque space is to be created, inviting the viewer to wonder amongst an orphic forest and come in close contact with these remarkable works. The trees featured are local, as the artist especially travelled to Russia in order to extensively journey around the forests near St. Petersburg in order to re-create an authentic Russian walk through the woods in accordance with his own artistic imagination.