"Promised Land" at Kube art museum

20.Nov 2010 - 23.Jan 2011 I am showing my most recent paintings at Kube Art museum in the centre of Ålesund, my hometown. This is a large exhibition in many senses. My 15 paintings are shown together with the installations of Lorraine Aaron. We have both worked around the theme "promised land"......

First floor view

First floor view
View showing grouse-sculpture by Lorraine Aaron, two of my boredom-paintings, and the altar piece "Territory" in the back.
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Vault and boredom

Vault and boredom
The manipulated vault in the foreground appears like a resigned animal. The springboard in front of the vault has a mirrored surface......

Art in art

Art in art
"Break IV" reflected in Lorraine Aarons manipulated vault.

The mirrors inside the vault gives the room endeless dimentions......

Birds

Two artists working around the same theme are occationally ecco each other. Lorraine´s piece "Migration" play well against my "Promise II". This section of the gallery consists mainly of my large paintings, with the solo sculpture in the middle of the floor......

The Portrait Gallery

Portrait gallery
Four portraits make up the portrait gallery.

There are many portrait galleries around the place......

Portrait

Having painted human beings into my pictures for years I have taken the step into portraiture. To "use" a model in a painting is about placing somebody in a tableau. The person is there to play a role the same way an actor steps out of himself and enters his character......

About "Nobody"

This is a painting I have been working on for a very long time. Propably as long as three years on and of. The painting has changed a lot through this time, but my idea of the rythmical repetation of the figure, the birds legs, and the strings stayed with me throughout the process......