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Abstract Feeling, 1995 - 2008 "Out of the roughly sixty small
sculptures constituting the series Abstrakt
Følelse, which Bjørn Bjarre created in
the period 1995-2008, some are naturalistic renderings
of people, while others depict humans with eight eyes,
feet sticking out of their heads, bodies gored by
planks, or reduced to nondescript, organic shapes.
There are common traits among the various figurines in
the series; they are typically made from hair,
plastecine and Lego blocks, and they call to mind pop
culture, such as comics, computer games and sci-fi.
Such references to pop culture are part of a long
tradition of art that questions high versus low
culture." - Bjørn
Hatterud, from the exhibition catalogue Gradually
Approaching the City - Art and Modern-day Norway,
Art exhibition in the VIP Terminal of Oslo Airport
(2013-19) Bjarre is very aware of the fact that
he uses materials that are transient and fragile -
easily destroyed. Nobody knows how plasticine reacts
over the course of time. This means that the Abstract
Feeling series contains it’s own kind of melancholy.
Just like all living creatures, the series is part of
an ongoing process of change. Unlike much other art,
this is a project that is not particularly concerned
with the concept of everlasting life. Bjørn
Bjarre explains the idea behind his carefully planned
project like this: “How does an art project begin? I
think my project started with the idea of no longer
making art that was inspired by other art, which is an
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Abstract Feeling no. 1 (The Dream Work), 1995, Private collection |
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Abstract Feeling no. 31 (Reverse), 1996, Private collection |
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Abstract Feeling no. 4 (Untitled), 1995 |
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Abstract Feeling no. 74 (Trippelface), 2002, Nordea Art Collection |
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Abstract Feeling no. 95 (Walking Head), 2007, Private collection |
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Abstract Feeling no. 99 (The idiot), 2003 |
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Abstract Feeling no. 8 (Meteorite), 1996, Collection of Art Council Norway |
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Abstract Feeling no. 61 (Facescape), 1999, Private Collection |
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Abstract Feeling no. 15 (Construction Site), 1996, Private collection |
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Abstract Feeling no. 89 (Ocularity), 2007 |
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