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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