Light for the Sun II: We Emerge Without a Guide or a Map, upper diptych 120" x 72" oil, acrylic, 24k gold, on canvas; 2024 and Antipode of the Sun, lower diptych, 120" x 72" oil, acrylic, 24k gold on canvas, 2024.
Exhibition at MOAH Lancaster, May 11 - August 11, 2024
The intersection of the natural world and humankind is key to Sonja Schenk’s artistic practice, which explores this convergence through a variety of forms: painting, sculpture, installation, and time-based media. She is interested in geography, anthropology, the future of humanity and how these elements reflect on modern life. Much of Schenk’s work is site specific, utilizing research of the area to create individualized projects that in her words, “fit[s] a place.”
Light for the Sun II: We Emerge Without a Guide or a Map, upper diptych (detail) 120" x 72" oil, acrylic, 24k gold; 2024