Self-portrait with chainsaw
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- Опубликовано: 24 апр 2024
- Tanker om utstillingen i Galleri A, Oslo, 2. mai 2024.
Jeg må innrømme at jeg sjeldent forstår hva mine utstillinger egentlig handler om før utstillingen er ferdig malt. Hvis jeg går i en ny retning tematisk og malerisk så vet jeg ikke alltid hvorfor (bortsett fra at jeg antakelig føler meg nokså ferdigmalt for en stund med den forrige tematikken).
Slik jeg leser denne samlingen med nye malerier fra min hånd, så handler de antakelig om naturen rundt oss og menneskets domestisering av den. Som at motorsagene på pidestallene er kalt: «Tredreper» I, II og III. Bjørkene i disse bildene viser ikke røttene, ikke tretoppene, de er sett i utsnitt rett fra siden, som på utstilling. Bakenfor trærne ses mer eller mindre monokrome flater som om trærne, og de få dyrene blant dem, er fanget i en smal stripe i et menneskeskapt rom.
Selv har jeg brukt store deler av min tid på å jakte og fiske, sanke bær og sopp - og trær - sanke fra det jeg inntil nylig har trodd har vært å sanke av et overskudd. Sånn er det ikke lenger, jeg har lagt børsa på hylla. Naturen skrumper og skrumper, de ville dyrene forsvinner, havene tømmes for liv.
Jeg håper jo ikke at jeg nå maler den siste skogen og de siste ville dyrene, men jeg vil gjerne vise dem fram, peke på dem, studere dem, se hvor vakre de er, så lenge de er her.
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"I have to admit that I rarely understand what the topics for my exhibitions are really about until all the works for the exhibition are finished. If I go in a new direction thematically and painterly, I don't always know why (apart from the fact that I probably feel quite finished painting with the previous theme for a while).
As I see this collection of my new paintings, they are probably about the nature around us and human domestication of it. Like the chainsaws on the pedestals are called: "Tredreper" ("Tree killer") I, II and III. In these paintings the birches roots don't show, nor the treetops. They are seen in section straight from the side, as in an exhibition. Behind the trees, more or less monochrome surfaces are seen, as if the trees, and the few animals among them, are trapped in a narrow strip in a man-made space.
I myself have spent much of my time hunting, fishing, gathering berries and mushrooms - and trees - gathering from what I until recently thought was reaping from abundance. It is no longer like that, I have put the gun aside. Nature is being destroyed by the minute, the wild animals go extinct, the seas are fished out and on the brink of ecological collapse.
I hope I have not painted the last forest, or and last wild animals, but I would like to show my depiction of them, point to them, study them, see how beautiful they are, as long as they are still here."
-Tor-Arne Moen, 2024
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Tor-Arne Moen (1966) is a Norwegian painter, printmaker and author. He lives and works in Notodden (Telemark), Norway. He was educated at the Bergen National Academy of the Arts (1988-94).
The artist is recognizable by his high-powered figurative technique with heavily painted surfaces consisting of coarse and thick brushstrokes made with varying brush widths, in layer upon layer. He uses a mix of oil-paint and egg-oil tempera, an old technique based on an emulsifying binder. Emulsion is a mixture of two substances which initially cannot be mixed, in this case oil and water. The egg is added as the emulsifier, which allows oil and water to mix. The word tempera refers to the actual painting technique and was used by the masters since Medieval times. While the tempera is often applied in thin layers, Moen uses it with oil-paint, and in generous amounts, in order to get the creamy texture, and set the brushstrokes in relief to the canvas.
Moen usually works in series over a topic that can occupy him for several years, before changing his theme and style, seeking new angles into his painterly excavations.
Tor-Arne Moen is represented by many renowned galleries all over Norway and by RJD Gallery in the USA. His works are acquired by art collectors both nationally and internationally.
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Although Moen has claimed that "the motif is just an excuse to paint", his paintings leaves the spectator with space to interpret, and are often highly imaginative and with stories to tell.
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(Comment in English by Galleri Grette)
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Watching Tor-Arne Moen work is fascinating! Brilliant technique, wonderful use of color fields. I only wish his interviews were provided in English! There is so much to learn here for young artists and painters.
Excellent technique by Tor-Ame Moen, so subtle yet impactful. Brilliant👍
It is very interesting to watch the process of creating a painting. Video and Audio create a magical atmosphere. Thanks for filming!
Fantastic, thank you sir for sharing ❤
Well done. I like the Figures you placed into the image which kinda generates a Story inside my head when i look at it. its like a next step in comparison to the previous image.
INTERESTING NARRATIVE ❤. I love the Composition. ✨️👌 ToomCapeTown
That’s quite something!👏👏👏🇿🇦🙏🎨
Looks like Ernest Hemingway.
badass!
Great!
I love watching your work on the painting. 😊👍
Outstanding!
løkkert!
Endlich wieder ein neues Video!
It's so impressive 😊😊
love you!
Is it a painting?
always need a longer chainsaw :)
I suoi video sono bellissimi, vedere come riesce a dar vita a quelle tele bianche è meraviglioso, sono contento di avere trovato il suo canale, poter imparare e ammirare i suoi lavori.
👌👌👌👌🌹🌹🌹
do you paint with oils or acrylics?
OILS!
An artits at his level, it's always going to be oils.
Also no artist would ever put that much acrylic paint on our palettes at one time. They would start drying out within 20-30 minutes.
Acrylic
When you paint in oils, you can solder paints into each other endlessly.
From time immemorial, artists painted only in oils.
You can have the similar results with oils or acrylics, but he is using oils. Daler-Rowney Georgian Oil Colours. See the tubes.
No chickens? Kinda sad about that...
Nina Simone is beautiful