David Stenbeck “Romantic Youth”
session：2024.9.13fri - 11.10sun 13:00 - 19:00
*closed on Sun, Mon, Tue and public holidays.
*Exhibition will be open during the ART WEEK TOKYO (November 7th to 10th).
venue：SNOW Contemporary / 404 Hayano Bldg. 2-13-12 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo
opening reception : 2024.9.13fri 17:00 - 21:00
SNOW Contemporary is pleased to present “Romantic Youth,” a solo exhibition by David Stenbeck from September 13 to November 10, 2024.
Born in 1978 in Lund, Sweden, Stenbeck has worked as a poet, literary critic, and editor. Eventually, he began using 3D software to visualize the world of his poetry. His landscapes are created using Computer Generated Imagery (CGI), and his style is both fantastical and surreal, evoking a sense of the unknown.
He is also expanding his activities as a digital artist, presenting numerous works on Instagram under the account “dovneon,” and has gained many followers, mainly young people. He is currently collaborating with various fashion brands and companies in various locations and is an artist increasingly attracting attention internationally.
Reflecting on himself in his statement on the occasion of this exhibition, Stenbeck said, “When I was young, the ocean and the sunset were the two most important natural things in my life. The feeling of being scanned by amber rays in the infrared part of the spectrum made my poetic bones glow, shining through my body and the bodies of others. ” and about the existence of nature, the human body, and the universe surrounding them.
Stenbeck explores the universe and its resonance in the human experience and sublimates it with his own sensibility into works of art. Those works are filled with the sky and waves colored by neon lights, filling the screen with a delicate and vivid air. His poetic phrases and pale pastel colors awaken a sense of wistfulness and longing, inviting viewers to contemplate.
This exhibition, Stenbeck’s second in Japan, will feature 17 works, including new works selected by Stenbeck himself. It will be held in collaboration with Avex Creator Agency Inc. and concurrently with “Temporary Monuments,” another solo exhibition by David Stenbeck at WALL_alternative (Nishi-Azabu). The exhibition at the two venues is a culmination of Stenbeck's work and is dense in content. We hope you will take this opportunity to visit the exhibition.
*Artist statement / David Stenbeck
It’s been a while now, but when I was young, the ocean and the sunset were the two most important natural things in my life. The feeling of being scanned by amber rays in the infrared part of the spectrum made my poetic bones glow, shining through my body and the bodies of others. Somewhere, on a particle level, there must be some kind of projection taking place, I thought to myself. My physical entity being blasted onto the waves of lesser light, into some sort of glittering time-dust, as pink rouge, dark orange, blood stream strobes in blinking beats, a neon heart wave, saturated in the summer evening. The pulsar beams of outer space are visible only when facing us directly, streaming our essence into eternity, sprayed galaxies of us, eternal. And the clouds often were the only media that could translate the gradients of these sublime hues. All this then became language, dream, art. And here we are, transmitted by rays collected by the iris and the heart, seen by the pulsar, space looking directly at us.
session：2024.9.13fri - 11.10sun 13:00 - 19:00
*closed on Sun, Mon, Tue and public holidays.
*Exhibition will be open during the ART WEEK TOKYO (November 7th to 10th).
venue：SNOW Contemporary / 404 Hayano Bldg. 2-13-12 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo
opening reception : 2024.9.13fri 17:00 - 21:00
SNOW Contemporary is pleased to present “Romantic Youth,” a solo exhibition by David Stenbeck from September 13 to November 10, 2024.
Born in 1978 in Lund, Sweden, Stenbeck has worked as a poet, literary critic, and editor. Eventually, he began using 3D software to visualize the world of his poetry. His landscapes are created using Computer Generated Imagery (CGI), and his style is both fantastical and surreal, evoking a sense of the unknown.
He is also expanding his activities as a digital artist, presenting numerous works on Instagram under the account “dovneon,” and has gained many followers, mainly young people. He is currently collaborating with various fashion brands and companies in various locations and is an artist increasingly attracting attention internationally.
Reflecting on himself in his statement on the occasion of this exhibition, Stenbeck said, “When I was young, the ocean and the sunset were the two most important natural things in my life. The feeling of being scanned by amber rays in the infrared part of the spectrum made my poetic bones glow, shining through my body and the bodies of others. ” and about the existence of nature, the human body, and the universe surrounding them.
Stenbeck explores the universe and its resonance in the human experience and sublimates it with his own sensibility into works of art. Those works are filled with the sky and waves colored by neon lights, filling the screen with a delicate and vivid air. His poetic phrases and pale pastel colors awaken a sense of wistfulness and longing, inviting viewers to contemplate.
This exhibition, Stenbeck’s second in Japan, will feature 17 works, including new works selected by Stenbeck himself. It will be held in collaboration with Avex Creator Agency Inc. and concurrently with “Temporary Monuments,” another solo exhibition by David Stenbeck at WALL_alternative (Nishi-Azabu). The exhibition at the two venues is a culmination of Stenbeck's work and is dense in content. We hope you will take this opportunity to visit the exhibition.
*Artist statement / David Stenbeck
It’s been a while now, but when I was young, the ocean and the sunset were the two most important natural things in my life. The feeling of being scanned by amber rays in the infrared part of the spectrum made my poetic bones glow, shining through my body and the bodies of others. Somewhere, on a particle level, there must be some kind of projection taking place, I thought to myself. My physical entity being blasted onto the waves of lesser light, into some sort of glittering time-dust, as pink rouge, dark orange, blood stream strobes in blinking beats, a neon heart wave, saturated in the summer evening. The pulsar beams of outer space are visible only when facing us directly, streaming our essence into eternity, sprayed galaxies of us, eternal. And the clouds often were the only media that could translate the gradients of these sublime hues. All this then became language, dream, art. And here we are, transmitted by rays collected by the iris and the heart, seen by the pulsar, space looking directly at us.
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