‘SOMEWHERE, SOMEWHERE’

A solo exhibition showcasing original artworks

by Hannah Benassi with ARCH Gallery and curated by Yihang Hu

“Hannah Benassi’s paintings are journeys running away. These journeys are condensed in abstract slices of her work that mirror each other through overlapping, weaving an intuitive structural aesthetic.”

“Hannah’s work has a resort-like clarity that doesn’t float or sink…also shape the work’s overall aesthetic — a delicate balance between transparency and solid structures.”

“In Hannah’s paintings, the historical traces shaped by natural and human-made landscapes are subtly preserved by her brushwork. Based on an intuitive layered construction of materials, her work archives the emotion that belongs to a certain location through an abstract combination of subtle turns of colour, scratched surfaces and patchwork.”

“…she records memories of distant locations, memories that do not belong to an individual, but to certain locations.”

“Hannah captures the structure of nature and architectural details in the spirit of naturalism, and relives her travel memories on soft materials according to its reflection.”