Artist Information:
Sven Froekjaer Jensen
Slagelse,
Denmark
Member Since: Nov 2005
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Artist Statement:
To build a bridge between
different worlds of
expression, to span the abyss
between the diversity of human
minds, to reach out for the
sublime, that is my challenge.
Therefore I have to maneuver
in a battlefield between old
techniques and the new
expressions of our time. That
means to work in two
directions all the time, one
way from the old masters of
the 19th century especially
the drawing skills of the so
called Copenhagen school with
a very profound technical
base, and the other way a
freedom of expression, that is
the only highway to the
description of our time and
the dreams and goals of
present life. One could
express it in another way
saying, that I make modern
myths in my fabulating
paintings. But on the other
hand the technical skills
acquired from the drawing
exercises are a necessity for
getting the freedom that makes
the fabulations possible.
By creating the nonverbal
myths on my canvasses I hope
to reach the onlooker in a way
that brings our minds together
so we can walk the paths of
understanding - dreaming the
very old dreams of humanity.
Therefore I work very
intensely with drawings of the
human and...
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Artist Exhibitions:
International exhibitions.
(juried : *j)
12th International Fine Arts
show.The american Juried Art
Salon, Texas, USA (online).
July - August 2011.. *j
Art for Godīs Sake. Troy,
Michigan, USA. May 2011. *j
Tracks - Ephemeral and
Fragile. Athens, Greece. April
2011. (With Blanka Amezkua)
Warminsko-Mazurska Filharmonia
im. Olsztyn, Poland. From ...
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Artist Galleries:
Gallery Tryde. St. Heddinge.
Denmark. www.galleritryde.dk
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Welcome to Sven Froekjaer Jensen's Portfolio.
To build a bridge between different worlds of expression, to span the abyss between the diversity of human minds, to reach out for the sublime, that is my challenge.
Therefore I have to maneuver in a battlefield between old techniques and the new expressions of our time. That means to work in two directions all the time, one way from the old masters of the 19th century especially the drawing skills of the so called Copenhagen school with a very profound technical base, and the other way a freedom of expression, that is the only highway to the description of our time and the dreams and goals of present life. One could express it in another way saying, that I make modern myths in my fabulating paintings. But on the other hand the technical skills acquired from the drawing exercises are a necessity for getting the freedom that makes the fabulations possible.
By creating the nonverbal myths on my canvasses I hope to reach the onlooker in a way that brings our minds together so we can walk the paths of understanding - dreaming the very old dreams of humanity.
Therefore I work very intensely with drawings of the human and... |
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