Artist Information:
Ole Ziger
copenhagen,
Denmark
Member Since: Apr 2001
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Artist Statement:
The journalist and art critic
Virtus Schade once said:
"There are artists who paint
forward and artists who paint
backwards. Ziger won't paint
on a past, but neither on a
future. He wants to paint his
experiences as they are right
now - today", And that is
perhaps the most exact
definition of Ole Ziger's
expression.
Ziger was born the 24th of
November 1940 in Copenhagen
and made his debut in l968. At
that time he painted with an
intense, socially cri- tical
brush, his subjects often
being the insensiti- ve
Copenhagen suburbs. He set
contrasts aga- inst each other
- contrasts seen all over the
world - for example, the
warmth of children at play
next to an, only intimated,
cold wall with torn posters.
By bringing the human nature
into the inhuman environment
he stresses in this way the
inhumanity of the environment.
A disclosure which can hardly
be avoided if you, as Ole
Ziger, have chosen to paint
realistic pictures. Ole Ziger
has been called "the street
kid with a paint brush and
canvas". It's appropriate, not
just because he's always done
and said things his own way
and as it suites him, but
because it'...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Den frie Udstilling,Copenhagen
1971
Banks Gallery,Copenhagen.
A.Z.Galerie,Copenhage
Galerie 14,Copenhagen
Akade Galerie,Copenhagen
World Wide Art
Communication,Copenhagen
Galerie Gunleif.Copenhagen
Inter Art,Copenhagen
Galerie Howmand,Randers
Gallerisammenslutningens
Forårsudstilling 1980
Illum,Copenhagen
Galerie Knud Grothe,(from 1980
to 1995)
Galleri Ægidius,Randers
Galleri Birch,...
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Ole Ziger's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Ole Ziger's Portfolio. Browse Ziger's body of work: The journalist and art critic Virtus Schade once said: "There are artists who paint forward and artists who paint backwards. Ziger won't paint on a past, but neither on a future. He wants to paint his experiences as they are right now - today", And that is perhaps the most exact definition of Ole Ziger's expression.
Ziger was born the 24th of November 1940 in Copenhagen and made his debut in l968. At that time he painted with an intense, socially cri- tical brush, his subjects often being the insensiti- ve Copenhagen suburbs. He set contrasts aga- inst each ... |
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