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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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Exhibitions for ole ziger:
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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,Copenhagen
Copenhagen art Gallery
Galleri Wolfsen,Ålborg (from 1990 to 1998)
Randers Kunstmuseum
The Morisson Gallery,New York
Jackson Gallery,New York
Gallery 74,New York
Shardin Fine Art,Palm Beach,Florida
Royal Palm Gallery,Palm Beach,Florida
Rice & Falkenberg Gallery,Palm Beach,Florida
Apropos Art Gallery,Fort Lauderdale,Florida
Collector Contemporary Art,London
The Alpine Gallery,Mayfair,London
Galerie Bauschke,Frankfurt,( 1999-2000)
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