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Ola Billgren<\/h2>\n\n\n

Sweden<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Ola Billgren\u2019s paintings provide the viewer with insights into a relationship with easel painting since 1960. In earlier works, the renowned Swedish painter who passed away in 2001, especially investigated questions of representation, devoting himself to the role of the individual in the picture. Similar to his contemporaries Richard Hamilton and Gerhard Richter, Billgren began his quest by transmitting filmic strategies onto canvas. In the middle of the 70s, Billgren approached the discussion about mythological mirroring effects with partly symbolically charged portraits, and continued it into the 80s where he found a lyrical, romantic\/dark, abstract, scenic expression. At the start of the 90s, he finally moved from representational painting to conceptually structural grid works. The desire to formulate a contemporary means of representation of classical easel work pervades his representational works and the atmospheric visual spaces. A presaging, a moment of suspension, these characterize his landscapes and portraits. To understand this effect, simply looking is not enough. His works demand an active positioning. These are motifs between figurative address and media reflection. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

Works<\/p>\n\n

\"X-Ray
X-Ray Chamber<\/em>, 2000, oil on canvas, 131.5 x 104 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"November
November Garden<\/em>, 2000, oil on canvas, 60 x 57 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Roman
Roman Statue<\/em>, 2000, \u00d6l auf Leinwand, 135,5 x 98,5 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Landscape
Landschaft Sk\u00e5ne<\/em>, 2000, \u00d6l auf Leinwand, 80 x 114 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Hill Sk\u00e5ne<\/em>, 2000, \u00d6l auf Leinwand, 96,5 x 129,5 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Kl\u00e4dnad IV<\/em>, 1990, \u00d6l auf Leinwand, 195 x 293 cm (Diptych)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Untitled<\/em>, 1991, oil on canvas, 190 x 350 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Biography<\/p>\n\n

1940 geboren in L\u00f6derup (S)2001 gestorben in Malm\u00f6 (S)<\/p>\n\n

Solo exhibitions<\/p>\n\n

2002 \u201eOla Billgren till minne\u201c, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malm\u00f6 (S)2001 Rolf Hengesbach\/R\u00e4ume f\u00fcr neue Kunst, Wuppertal (D)2000 Galleri Engstr\u00f6m, Stockholm1999 \u201eOla Billgren, Malerei\u201c Westf\u00e4lischer Kunstverein, M\u00fcnster (D) Galerie Leger, Malm\u00f6 (S)1998 \u201eFotografi\u201c, Galleri Annexet, Malm\u00f6 (S) G\u00f6teborgs Konstmuseum(S) Sundsvalls Museum (S)1997 R\u00e4ume f\u00fcr Neue Kunst, Rolf Hengesbach, Wuppertal (D) \u201eTill natten\u201c, Galerie Leger, Malm\u00f6 (S)1996 \u201ePomejansk Interi\u00f6r\u201c, Galerie Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen Galleri Engstr\u00f6m, Stockholm1994 Galerie Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen \u201eLandskap med torn\u201c, \u00d6sterg\u00f6tlands L\u00e4ns Museum, Link\u00f6ping (S) Bildmuseet Ume\u00e5 (S)1991 Retrospektiv, Rooseum, Malm\u00f6 (S) Galleri Engstr\u00f6m, Stockholm Retrospektiv, Moderna Museet, Stockholm1989 Galerie Leger, Malm\u00f6 (S)1988 Galleri Engstr\u00f6m, Stockholm1986 Galleri Engstr\u00f6m, Stockholm1985 Centre Culturel Suedoise, Paris1984 Galerie Asbaeck, Copenhagen1983 Galleri Engstr\u00f6m, Stockholm Galleri Wallner, Malm\u00f6 (S)1982 Galleri Engstr\u00f6m, Stockholm1981 Galleri Wallner, Malm\u00f6 (S) Galleri 69, G\u00f6teborg (S) Konsthallen Bor\u00e5s (S)1980 Krognoshuset, Lund (S)1979 Galleri Engstr\u00f6m, Stockholm Konstmuseet i Ystad (S) Konsthallen, Bor\u00e5s (S)1974 Galleri Anders Tornberg, Lund (S) Svenska Bilder, Stockholm1972 Galleri 69, G\u00f6teborg (S) Krognoshuset, Lund (S)1970 Galleri Belle, V\u00e4ster\u00e5s (S)1968 Krognoshuset, Lund (S)1967 G\u00e4vle Museum (S)1966 Galleri Karlsson, Stockholm1965 De Ungas Artotek, Malm\u00f6 (S)1962 Lilla Konstsalongen, Malm\u00f6 (S)<\/p>\n\n

Group exhibitions<\/p>\n\n

2013 \u201eBildfrost (frozenness)\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin (D)2012 \u201e20 YEARS\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin1999 \u201eFacetter af Nordeuropeisk Kunst\u201c, S\u00f8nderjyllands Kunstmuseum T\u00f8nder (DK)1998 \u201eMemento Metropolis\u201c, Kulturfabriken Stockholm1987 \u201eHelldunkelhell\u201c, K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin1984 \u201eBuscando el Norte\u201c, Museo National del Arte Contempor\u00e1neo Madrid1980 The Nordic pavilion, Biennale di Venezia1975 \u201eNeuer Realismus aus Schweden\u201c, Bonn, N\u00fcrnberg, Dortmund, L\u00fcbeck (D)1970 \u201eSvenskt Alternativ\u201c, Moderna Museet Stockholm1967 \u201e5. Biennale de Paris\u201c, Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Art Moderne de la Ville<\/p>\n\n

Collections<\/p>\n\n

Konstmuseum, Konstmuseet Malm\u00f6 (S), The Fredrik Roos Collection Malm\u00f6 (S), Moderna Museet Stockholm (S), Nationalmuseum Stockholm (S), Bor\u00e5s Konstmuseum, G\u00f6teborg (S), Museet for Samtidskunst Oslo (DK), Statens Museum for Kunst Copenhagen (DK), Mus\u00e9e National d’Art Moderne Paris (F), Museum f\u00fcr Kunst und Kulturgeschichte der Hansestadt L\u00fcbeck (D), Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal (D), Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (USA)<\/p>\n\n

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