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“I would like to create the goddess of trees. We speak a lot of nature and we lost this idea, that we had a reverence for nature. And we lost it, after the romantic period. We were awed by nature and by the phenomenon of nature. And trees are mysterious. They are our friends, you know… We need to rediscover the power of nature.” — Etel Adnan
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 is the last day to catch the exhibition Seasons, by award-winning poet and artist Etel Adnan (b. 1925, Beirut) at Galerie Lelong in New York. In this video from Galerie Lelong, we hear a segment of an interview with Adnan conducted by Hans Ulrich Obrist for HENI Talks in 2019, alongside a tour of the exhibition.
From Galerie Lelong:
Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, is pleased to present Etel Adnan: Seasons, our second solo exhibition with the artist. The exhibition will show recent works by the artist, including wool tapestries, leporellos, and paintings. Known for her distinctive abstract landscapes conveyed in a harmonious palette, Adnan’s portrayal of forms, shapes, and gestures are explored in multiple mediums. A brilliant colorist, Adnan conceives her works as visual poems, each color carefully chosen in writing a language of her own. The exhibition coincides with the release of her newest book, Shifting the Silence, a rumination on the process of aging.
The interview between Etel Adnan and Hans Ulrich Obrist was filmed by HENI Talks, 2019. Watch the full video here.
