大象传媒

Pictorial associations

It is probably a landscape. Both the shapes and colors give the distinct impression of grass, sky, nature. But exactly what we are looking at is uncertain: The brown shape which is the focal point of the scene may be a stump, or a mountain. Bjorn Kolbj酶rnsen鈥檚 abstract painting leaves a lot to the...

Abstract Night

The coast is the subject of John Petter Havner氓s鈥檚 Nocturne. The dark blue, which fills much of the picture, bears clear associations to the Norwegian sea, as it can be seen at night while there is still some light.

Colorful machinery

An advanced machinery. That is the first association made by many viewers, when they see Ingvar Holmefjord鈥檚 painting from 1968. Geometric fields, with smaller circles, stripes and lines in other colors, create the impression of a homemade device.

Riding in Dreams

A horse and rider is moving through a forest of blue mist. The equipage is framed by a small rectangle, brighter than the surrounding area. This places it outside of the rest of the picture, and strengthens the impression that we are looking into a dream. The whole picture is dominated by blue, but...

Black Cat

The painting is full of life, full of people. Large and small, they are standing in circles or sitting. A child is in the middle of a leap. The longer we look at the picture, the more people we see. Two animals are prominent in the painting.

Ornamented Political Criticism

This picture looks decorative, but it has a serious political content. Abu Ghurayb (Abu Ghraib) from 2007 is part of a series called Contemporary Decorative Political Patterns.

An arena for pictorial action

In Gerhard Stoltz鈥檚 painting Arena, the movement is the focus. Two dynamic, sweeping yellow forms constitute a rough oval, which represents the main subject of the image - an arena.

He wanted to see that game

A man leans out of a boat, with one arm plunged deep into the water. Two seductive mermaids lure him to them. Soon he鈥檒l be in the sea...

Mysterious Mythology

Three heads are staring at us from painted surface. The center one belongs to a man, a rider, who is sitting on an animal鈥檚 back. The back arches up on each side to the other two heads. One head is a horse creature, the other looks more like a bird. They share the same, one back, and they each have...

Familiar Sights, in Unfamiliar Combinations

A book with a blue cover is lying open over a female butt in maxi briefs. We see the woman鈥檚 body from the knees up to the waist, a section; she could be anyone. The woman lies on her stomach on a white surface, which is out of focus. The background, a turquoise wall, is even more diffuse.

Winter Light

At first glance, the surface of the painting is blue-white, abstract. Just a few simple lines of white, laid thick enough that the shape becomes almost sculptural, suggest a motif. The painting is called Vinterlys over markene (Winter light over the fields), and when we ponder the title, a scene...

Explosion of colors

Intense movement. That is the first, striking impression in the encounter with Knut Rumohr鈥檚 painting.