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The editors of the book, art historians JOAKIM BORDA-PEDREIRA and KNUT LJØGODT, have written an essay that follow Bjertnæs artistic trajectory and introduce the major themes of his oeuvre. The book also contains a literary essay to one of B jertnæs’s paintings by Norwegian playwright and poet CECILIE LØVEID, as well as a preface by JAN ÅKE PETTERSSON, Director of Haugar Vestfold Art Museum.
SVERRE BJERTNÆS
SVERRE BJERTNÆS (born 1976) is one of Norway’s leading contemporary artists today. The artist himself often refers to his body of works as a fragmented ‘stream of images’, collected from art history, vernacular culture and his own life. This book is the first monograph on the artist and features his oeuvre from the 1990s and up to the present day with more than 200 reproductions of works. Bjertnæs is an artist who e mbraces a conceptual approach to photorealism, and merges abstract and figurative painting with the use of new media. The book presents a full range of Bjertnæs’s production, covering painting and drawing as well as sculpture and the mixed-media installations he has developed in later years.
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Joakim Borda-Pedreira & Knut Ljøgodt (eds)
SVERRE BJERTNÆS With contributions by Joakim Borda-Pedreira Knut Ljøgodt Cecilie Løveid Jan Åke Pettersson
Bjørn Wad. Portrait of Sverre Bjertnæs, 2019
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Joakim Borda-Pedreira & Knut Ljøgodt (eds)
SVERRE BJERTNÆS With contributions by Joakim Borda-Pedreira Knut Ljøgodt Cecilie Løveid Jan Åke Pettersson
Bjørn Wad. Portrait of Sverre Bjertnæs, 2019
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CONTENTS
PREFACE 7 Jan Åke Pettersson
SVERRE BJERTNÆS A STREAM OF IMAGES
9
Joakim Borda-Pedreira & Knut Ljøgodt
WORKS 19 THE SOUL GRIEVES OVER THE BODY
279
Cecilie Løveid
TIMELINE 284 AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES
285
CONTENTS
PREFACE 7 Jan Åke Pettersson
SVERRE BJERTNÆS A STREAM OF IMAGES
9
Joakim Borda-Pedreira & Knut Ljøgodt
WORKS 19 THE SOUL GRIEVES OVER THE BODY
279
Cecilie Løveid
TIMELINE 284 AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES
285
STREET POEM, 2006 Oil on canvas, 160 × 160 cm
50 ⁄ 51
IMPLOSION I, 2005 Oil on canvas, 190 × 190 cm
STREET POEM, 2006 Oil on canvas, 160 × 160 cm
50 ⁄ 51
IMPLOSION I, 2005 Oil on canvas, 190 × 190 cm
IMPLOSION II, 2005–06
Oil on canvas, 200 × 420 cm
52 ⁄ 53
IMPLOSION II, 2005–06
Oil on canvas, 200 × 420 cm
52 ⁄ 53
IF YOU REALLY LOVED ME, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO ADMIT THAT YOU’RE ASHAMED OF ME 2013
CURATED BY BJARNE MELGAARD
IF YOU REALLY LOVED ME, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO ADMIT THAT YOU’RE ASHAMED OF ME 2013
CURATED BY BJARNE MELGAARD
WHITE COLUMNS, NEW YORK 2013
WHITE COLUMNS, NEW YORK 2013
YELLOW ⁄ GUL, 2013 Oil on canvas, 140 × 170 cm
72 ⁄ 73
YELLOW ⁄ GUL, 2013 Oil on canvas, 140 × 170 cm
72 ⁄ 73
GREY ⁄ GRÅ 2013 Oil on canvas, 300 × 180 cm
GREY ⁄ GRÅ 2013 Oil on canvas, 300 × 180 cm
NERVOUS FLUIDS 2014
NERVOUS FLUIDS 2014
94 ⁄ 95
94 ⁄ 95
150 ⁄ 151
150 ⁄ 151
DELIRIUM, 2014–15
THE FREAK, 2014–15
Oil on canvas, 160 × 120 cm
Oil on canvas, 160 × 120 cm
160 ⁄ 161
DELIRIUM, 2014–15
THE FREAK, 2014–15
Oil on canvas, 160 × 120 cm
Oil on canvas, 160 × 120 cm
160 ⁄ 161
THE BIRD ⁄ FUGLEN, 2014–15
Clay, 180 cm
THE BIRD ⁄ FUGLEN, 2014–15
Clay, 180 cm
THE CROSS ⁄ KORSET, 2015 Oil on canvas, 140 × 90 cm THE BLACK SAIL ⁄ DET SORTE SEILET, 2015
Oil on canvas, 170 × 80 cm
252 ⁄ 253
THE CROSS ⁄ KORSET, 2015 Oil on canvas, 140 × 90 cm THE BLACK SAIL ⁄ DET SORTE SEILET, 2015
Oil on canvas, 170 × 80 cm
252 ⁄ 253
42, 2018 Oil on canvas, 160 × 200 cm
266 ⁄ 267
42, 2018 Oil on canvas, 160 × 200 cm
266 ⁄ 267
UNTITLED ⁄ UTEN TITTEL, 2018
THE SCULPTURE PARK ⁄ SKULPTURPARKEN, 2018
Oil on canvas, 90 × 120 cm
Oil on canvas, 70 × 100 cm
268 ⁄ 269
UNTITLED ⁄ UTEN TITTEL, 2018
THE SCULPTURE PARK ⁄ SKULPTURPARKEN, 2018
Oil on canvas, 90 × 120 cm
Oil on canvas, 70 × 100 cm
268 ⁄ 269