Galerie Renate Bender

Lars Strandh

Die primär monochrom wirkenden Bilder des Schweden Lars Strandh reihen sich ein in die Tradition jener monochrom arbeitender Künstler, die immer wieder die Thematik von Farbe und deren Präsenz/Erscheinung hinterfragen. Bei ihm ist es der Duktus des Pinselstrichs, der präzise, immer horizontal über das aufgespannte Baumwoll-Material gezogen wird, der die oft fast Ton-in-Ton gearbeiteten Linien vor den Augen des Betrachters zum Oszillieren bringt. Einfach wirken sie, diese Bilder, obwohl sie doch mit so großer Präzision gearbeitet sind. Monochrom erscheinen sie von Ferne, und dennoch setzen sie sich aus vielen fein gezogenen Pinselstrichen zusammen. Ruhig sind sie, laden zur Kontemplation ein. Aber auch lebhaft sind sie, wenn sie nicht in tief-dunklen blau-schwarzen Tönen gemalt sind, sondern mit frischen Rottönen oder sehr hellen Blautönen uns überraschen. Einfach und schön sind sie, die Bilder von Lars Strandh.

Geboren 1961 in Gothenburg, Schweden. Lebt und arbeitet in Oslo, Norwegen.

The primarily monochromatic pictures of the Swedish artist Lars Strandh can be seen in the tradition of those monochromatic artists who investigate the nature of colour and its presence/appearance. With Strandh it is his characteristic style of brush stroke – precise, always drawn horizontally over the mounted cotton material – that generates before the eyes of the viewer the oscillation of lines that are often applied almost tone-in-tone. These pictures appear simple although they are painted with such great precision. They appear monochromatic from a distance and yet are comprised of many finely drawn brush strokes. They are quiet pictures and invite the viewer to contemplate. But if they are not painted in deep, dark blue-black tones but surprise us with fresh reds or very light blue tones, they can also be lively. Lars Strandh’s pictures are simple and beautiful.

Born in 1961 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Lives and works in Oslo, Norway since 1984.

Ausbildung / Education

1996-1997	Master-Student at The National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo
1992-1996	The National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo
	(Spring 1995 Ecole Superieur d´Art, Bourges, France)
1990-1992	DNM-Artschool, Oslo

strandh lars - untitled 1, 80x80 cm

strandh lars - untitled 2, 80x80 cm

strandh lars - untitled 3, 80x80 cm

Einzelausstellungen / solo shows

1996	Z-Galleri, Oslo, Norway
1997	Galleri Heer, Oslo, Norway Telemark Artist Center, Porsgrunn, Norway
1998	The Artist Center in Buskerud, Drammen, Norway Steinkjær Art Association, Steinkjær, Norway
1999	Gallery Ask, Åsgårdstrand, Norway Lørenskog Art-association, (Gallery Skårer), Norway
2000	The Hot Rod Tea Room, Oslo, Norway
2001	Northern Norway Artists Center, Svolvær, Norway Harstad Art-association, Harstad, Norway Tromsø Art-association, Tromsø, Norway
2002	Trøndelag Center for Contemporary Art; Trondheim, Norway Galleri Aasen, Ålesund, Norway
2003	Gothenburg Art-association, Gothenburg, Sweden Østfold Artist Center, Fredrikstad, Norway
2004, 2001	Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
2004, 2002	Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway
2004	Studiogalerie Kaditzsch, Höfgen, Germany Galleri Henrik Gerner, Moss, Norway
2006	Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
2007	Galleri Åkern, Kongsberg, Norway (With design from Ron Arad, Verner Panton, Alvar Aalto)
2007, 2003	Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm, Sweden
2008	Haugesund Billedgalleri, Haugesund, Norway Galleri Semmingsen, Oslo, Norway
2009	Galleri Gann, Stavanger Galerie Schlegl, Zurich, Switzerland Galleri LNM, Oslo, Norway Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

strandh_lars_ untitled_2009_triptych_80x80cm_each
strandh lars - untitled 2009 triptych, 80x80cm each

Gruppenausstellungen/group shows

1994	"Library", Young Artists´ Association (UKS), Oslo, Norway "Omnibox", Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden, Norway
1995	"2x2x2",Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden, Norway
1996	"National Academy of Fine Arts", National Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe
1997, -96, -95	"The Annual Autumn Exhibition", Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
1998	"The Annual Exhibition of Northern Norway", (Bodø, Harstad, Trømsø, Alta)
1999, -98	"Contemporary Art – Today’s Tendencies", Gallery Steen, Oslo
2000, 1999 -98	Galleri Christian Dam, Oslo, Norway
2000, 1999	Galleri Brandstrup, Moss, Norway
2000	"Nordic Art", Eriksbergshallen, Gothenburg, Sweden "Summer Exhibition - 2000", Seljord Art Association, Seljord , Norway Hot Rod, (represented at “Schpaa..”), The Free Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark "G. Keyt Int. Artist Camp 2000", The National Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2001	Hot Rod, (represented at “Schpaa..”), Bergen Kunsthall, Norway "Tendencies” Galleri JMS, Oslo, Norway Astrup Fearnely Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
2002	Galleri Brandstrup, Stavanger and Oslo, Norway “Black and white”, Hot Rod, Oslo, Norway “Concrete, Non-figurative paintings in Norway 1920-2000, Lillehammer- Bergen- and Trondheim Art-museum, Norway
2003	“Geometric Abstraction XXII”, Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm, Sweden
2004,-03,-02,-01,-00,-99	"Norwegian Paintings", Oslo Townhall Gallery, Norway
2004	"Luminous Recurrence", The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA, (Curator Linda Palaez) “Norwegian Export”, Lokstallet, Strömstad, Sweden “Hammock”, Galleri LNM, Oslo, Norway “Geometric Abstraction XXIII”, Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm, Sweden
2005	ARTEFACT Pardo Gallery, Zürich, Schweiz "Paint it Black", The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA (Curator Doug Ferrari) Geometric Abstraction XXIV”, Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm, Sweden Vevring-exhibition, Vevring, Norway
2006	Galerie von Waldenburg Tauscher, Waldenburg, Germany “Geometric Abstraction XXV”, Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm, Sweden
2007, 2006, 2005	Galleri Semmingsen, Oslo, Norway
2007	“Konstruktive Tendenzen“, Museum Forum Konkrete Kunst, Erfurt, Germany Ateljén Nordkoster, Nordkoster, Sweden “Fourth Annual International Juried Exhibition“, The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, New Jersey, USA (Curator Ben Goldman) “Geometric Abstraction XXVI”, Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm, Sweden
2008	“Singular“, Luxe Gallery, New York, USA “5 years anniversary exhibition”, Galleri Henrik Gerner, Moss, Norway “Surfaces – an exhibition about monochromatic paintings”, Galleri F15, Jeløy, Norway “Dialogues: Painting“, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, USA “Ausdruck, Position, Spuren“, Kunstverein Wiligrad, Lübstorf, Germany “Deja vue“, Galleri Oijens, Gothenburg, Sweden “International Art Exhibition Nord Art 2008“, Büdelsdorf, Germany "To Be Looked at...", Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA ”Gallery Selections”, Galleri Tapper-Popenmajer, Teckomatorp, Sweden “Geometric Abstraction XXVII”, Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm, Sweden
2009, -08	Galleri Provence, Vadum, Denmark
2009	Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm, Sweden Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2009, -07	Galleri Oijens, Gothenburg, Sweden
2009	“Von der Poesie des Geometrischen“, Neue Sächsische Galerie, Chemnitz, Germany Mälsåker Slott, Strängnäs, Sweden “10-years Anniversary Exhibition“, Galleri Semmingsen, Oslo “What's out there? “, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany

strandh - untitled 2009, 55x55 cm

strandh - untitled 2009, 35x35 cm

Scholarship and Grants / Stipendien und Preise

1995	Erasmus Scholarship for Studies at Ecole Superieur D´Art, Bourges, France
1996	The Foundation of Thv. Eriksen Noregian working-grant for 3 years
2006, 1999	The Foundation of Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard
2006, -01, -00, 1999, -97	Artists’ Consideration Foundation
2007, -02, 1997	The Department of Cultural Affairs Exhibition-grant since 2007 Government guaranteed income for artists

Larger Collections and Public Commissioned Arts /
Größere Sammlungen und öffentliche Aufträge

1996	County Council of Östergötland, Sweden
2000	The National Foundation for Public Commissioned Arts, Norway STATOIL, Norway
2001	Vesta Insurance, Bergen, Norway Terra Finance, Oslo, Norway
2002	The Norwegian Culture-Council
2003	Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace, Norway The Swedish Art-Council
2004	The National Road-department, Norway
2005	The Municipality of Lørenskog, Norway
2006	The Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs Norway
2007	Museum Forum Konkrete Kunst, Erfurt, Germany
2008	Museum Haugesund Billedgalleri, Haugesund, Norway

strandh - untitled 2009, 40x35 cm. cotton canvas

Bibliography / Bibliographie

"Lars Strandh", catalogue 2008
“Get the summer blues – shades of the season”, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 25.07.2008
“KIC Nord Art 08”, catalogue 2008
“Ausdruck, Position, Spuren“, catalouge ISBN 978-91-633-2766-7
“Medium well”, Nashville Scene, 03.04.2008
”Open Studios”, Artefact Pardo Gallery, (book) ISBN 0615130216, 2007
”Enkel fargelek”, Laagendalsposten, 06.03.07
”Konstruktiv Tendens, 25 år“, catalogue, 2006
”Alles ist ganz nach dem Geschmack der Skandinavier“, Glauchauer Zeitung, 30.08.2006
“Farger og speilinger”, Dagbladet, 30.04.2006
“Paint it black now on exhibit”, Asbury Park press, 12.05.2005
“A show where light is very heavy”, New York Times 19.12.2004
”Balansekunstnerne”, Moss avis, 12.11.2004
”En meget tålmodig mann”, Kunst 2003:03
"Lars Strandh", catalogue 2003
”Kunst å koble av til”, Sunnmørsposten, 20.09.2002
”Kunst med annet tempo”, Tromsø, 15.02.2001
”Tid og eksistens”, Nordlys, 15.02.2001
”Konkret. Nonfigurativ kunst i Norge 1920-2000”, catalogue
Design.scandinavia, 2/2001:26
”Malerier og grenser”, Tønsberg blad, 19.06.1999
”Poetisk minimalisme i Galleri Skårer”, Romeriksen, 17.02.1999
"Kunsttimen, evalueringsrapport", Kunst i Skolen, 1998:14
"Strike", Billedkunstneren 2/98
”Grensesprengende likhet”, Fremtiden, 18.08.1998
"Matkyndig Minimalist", Billedkunstneren 1/97

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