Francois Auguste Biard – Magdalena Bay (1840)

Louisiana poster with the work, Magdalena Bay, (1840), by Francois Auguste Biard, (1799-1882). The poster is from Louisiana's exhibition, The Arctic, in 2013. The exhibition was a depiction and staging of the adventurous, cultural and artistic attraction that the Arctic areas in general, and the North Pole in particular, have and have had on people through generations.

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The fascination with the Arctic, with the North Pole, is full of highly dramatic and tragic expedition stories, not infrequently resulting in death for those involved. It has inspired poets and visual artists alike to more or less imaginative visions of doom and utopias, and to a large extent still does so.

The Arctic became a 'cross-over' exhibition about the ways in which people with very different backgrounds translate ideas, notions, dreams and visions of the unknown, and it includes both classic romantic images and contemporary art, authentic expedition photos and scientific objects, literature and sound.

Contemporary art played a significant role in the exhibition. Where Romanticism thematized the unknown, desolate and terrifying landscape, contemporary artists see a markedly different landscape, fully explored and conquered and even in drastic change or melting away.

Dimensions: W: 59.4 x H: 84.1 cm (A1)

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Frame: 12mm
Material: Frame in solid oak and with high-quality acrylic glass.