{"id":236,"date":"2022-03-20T17:19:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T17:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galleriknaegt.dk\/?page_id=236"},"modified":"2026-06-15T17:35:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T17:35:51","slug":"mette-bejder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/galleriknaegt.dk\/index.php\/mette-bejder\/","title":{"rendered":"BENJAMIN ABANA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1523832122\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width\"  id=\"row-2050025768\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2142944558\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1570150302\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <div class=\"bg fill bg-fill \"><\/div>\n                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"height-fix is-invisible\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1424\" height=\"1130\" src=\"https:\/\/galleriknaegt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Planets-in-Orbit.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galleriknaegt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Planets-in-Orbit.jpeg 1424w, https:\/\/galleriknaegt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Planets-in-Orbit-300x238.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/galleriknaegt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Planets-in-Orbit-1024x813.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/galleriknaegt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Planets-in-Orbit-768x609.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1424px) 100vw, 1424px\" \/><\/div>\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1570150302 .bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/galleriknaegt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Planets-in-Orbit.jpeg);\n}\n#banner-1570150302 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#banner-1570150302 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1368913102\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-321311630\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2>BENJAMIN ABANA<\/h2>\n<p>Udstilling<\/p>\n<p>20. juni &#8211; 2. august 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-321311630 {\n  font-size: 1.45rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1368913102 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 10% 10% 10% 10%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1523832122 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n  background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);\n}\n#section_1523832122 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);\n}\n#section_1523832122 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_1523832122 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1600388340\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle align-center\" style=\"max-width:1300px\" id=\"row-2030888978\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1580036712\" class=\"col medium-10 small-12 large-6\"  data-animate=\"fadeInLeft\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-100159366\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <div class=\"bg fill bg-fill \"><\/div>\n                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"height-fix is-invisible\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/galleriknaegt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Copilot_20260605_183202-246x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galleriknaegt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Copilot_20260605_183202-246x300.png 246w, https:\/\/galleriknaegt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Copilot_20260605_183202.png 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/div>\n            \n<style>\n#banner-100159366 {\n  padding-top: 300px;\n  background-color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#banner-100159366 .bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/galleriknaegt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Copilot_20260605_183202-246x300.png);\n}\n#banner-100159366 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#banner-100159366 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-100159366 {\n    padding-top: 400px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1989061979\" class=\"col medium-11 small-12 large-6\"  data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">Betragter man Benjamin Abanas v\u00e6rker, drages man med det samme af en s\u00e6rlig intensitet. For Benjamin st\u00e5r det menneskelige motiv st\u00e6rkere end noget andet. Kroppen og ansigtet fungerer som det konstante anker, han altid drages mod at udforske p\u00e5 ny, og det er her, hans kunstneriske nysgerrighed for alvor udfolder sig.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">Men det er ikke kun mennesket, der sniger sig ind p\u00e5 de intense l\u00e6rreder. Hele det levende univers \u2013 fra dyrerigets dynamik til naturens r\u00e5, organiske former \u2013 finder vej ind i hans arbejde og skaber en dyb nerve i motiverne.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\"><em>&#8220;Jeg vender altid tilbage til den menneskelige figur. Og det er lige s\u00e5 meget ansigtet, som det er resten af kroppen.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\"><strong>KRYDSFELT MELLEM PLANL\u00c6GNING OG R\u00c5 INTUITION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">Bag hvert f\u00e6rdigt v\u00e6rk ligger en proces, der balancerer stram pr\u00e6cision med vild, r\u00e5 intuition. Det starter ofte med klassiske fotoreferencer og skitser, som p\u00e5 det seneste er blevet mere l\u00f8se, frie og eksperimenterende i deres form. N\u00e5r malingen rammer l\u00e6rredet, opst\u00e5r der en intens kamp. Detaljerede, figurative elementer udfordres og overmales af store, r\u00e5 flader af farve, indtil den helt rette balance findes.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-667755442\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-667755442 {\n  padding-top: 10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1989061979 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 30px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-1989061979 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 45px 45px 0px 45px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1201735131\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1201735131 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle align-center\" style=\"max-width:1300px\" id=\"row-845024928\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-252836688\" class=\"col medium-11 small-12 large-6\"  data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">Benjamin arbejder bevidst i dette sp\u00e6ndingsfelt, hvor det planlagte og det uventede st\u00f8der sammen og skaber en nerve i billedet. <em>&#8220;Der er n\u00f8dt til at v\u00e6re noget, som lidt &#8217;tilf\u00e6ldigt&#8217; opst\u00e5r. Det beskrives nok bedst som kontrollerede tilf\u00e6ldigheder eller eksperimenter, som jeg tager med mig videre i nye v\u00e6rker.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\"><strong>FOKUSV\u00c6RKET \u2013 &#8220;PLANETS IN ORBIT&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">Farvevalget i Benjamins serier bruges bevidst til at underbygge f\u00f8lelser, skabe dramatiske kontraster og binde udstillingen sammen. Disse stemninger kulminerer i et af udstillingens mest centrale v\u00e6rker,\u00a0<em>Planets In Orbit<\/em>, som taler direkte ind i en personlig og eksistentiel fort\u00e6lling om identitet og det at navigere mellem to forskellige kulturer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">Visuelt fremst\u00e5r v\u00e6rket som et diffust, dragende portr\u00e6t. 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