Macula lutea
By: Leif Elggren
Contributors: Belenius (Stockholm, Sweden)
Publisher: Gallery Niklas Belenius
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Stockholm
Language: eng
Number of pages: 42
Subjects: Exhibitions; Black in art; Yellow in art
Description: Since 1977, Elggren has conducted a close study of the relationship between two extremes in terms of colour: black and yellow. Before then, it was the white that responded to the black when they met on paper in the drawings. But these expressions did not contain any real colour, and this he wanted to get away from, taking another decision and a launch in a new direction. According to Elggren, white was eventually changed to yellow, which is the brightest colour. The human being perceives the sun?s light as yellow, despite the fact that it would be seen as white from space, because the particles of the atmosphere pollute the sun?s actual light scale.00We know black as the darkest of colours; a colour that has historically symbolized death and the night in contrast to the life-giving daylight as well as the rays of the sun. The truth, however, is that few people have seen the colour black for real. In nature, black is usually a mixture of colours with blue as a base. By time, black objects fade by sunlight or is washed and gets a grey-blue or brown tone. Nevertheless, NASA has recently developed a material for space research that absorbs 99% of all light and therefore is perceived as completely black.00Elggren wanted to embrace the black and yellow. This desire grew and during strolls he began seeing the patterns: perfectly triangular warning signs for icicles, live rails or ongoing construction work were marked with tape displaying this colour combination.00Exhibition: Belenius, Stockholm, Sweden (30.03.-27.04.2019).
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Catalog of an exhibition held at Belenius, Stockholm, Sweden, March 30-April 27, 2019.

Texts in English and Swedish.