152. GLENN
SORENSEN
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CIGARETTES ON A FLOWER,
2000
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watercolour
38 x 28 cm image
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WOLFGANG’S FLOWERS, 2004
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Oil on canvas
40 x 40
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BUILDING, 2005
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Oil on canvas
35 x 40 cm
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BIO & STEPS
Born:
In1968 in Sydney, Australia
Nowadays:
Lives and works in Åhus, Sweden
Studies:
He studied at the City Art Institute, Sydney, Australia
between 1986 and 1988 and at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland.
Themes and
style:
Sorensen’s palette transforms his
environment, restricted here to his house and studio, into a watered-down,
slightly overcast Giverny. Stated without irony, this reference would make most
contemporary painters cringe, but Sorensen has no such qualms: His
Chrysanthemums, after a catalogue image of a Hokusai print owned by Claude Monet,
pays tribute to Impressionist japonisme in a monochrome pink you could
practically blow bubbles with. There are worse things, it seems to be saying,
than using painting to set a mood - a mood, moreover, that penetrates several
layers of appropriation.
Techniques:
Is
developed in sculpture, installation and painting,
Exhibitions
See all at:
Representative
Galleries:
Annette Gelink
In
his own words:
“At
the moment I am thinking about the painting I just started and my next show and
how to deal with that particular space. The space is intimate, something that
appeals to me, but at the same time I find the smaller spaces more demanding.
Ironically I always show more paintings in a smaller space than in a larger
one. I would like the paintings to be a narrative and I have to work out how to
approach that if I decide to continue with that idea. Opposites appeal to me at
the moment, particularly grotesque versus beauty, to paint something that is
grotesque, horrible, but to do it so beautifully it is irresistible to look at.
Also more formally, positive mass versus negative mass. I´m thinking about
these things in relation to the next group of paintings.”
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