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Troels Wörsel (November 10, 1950 - December 12, 2018) was a Danish painter active in Cologne and Pietrasanta.[1]
Biography edit
Troels Wörsel was born in Aarhus, Denmark. He was self taught. In the 1970s, he became interested in pop and conceptual art. Philosophical issues, such as the relationship between space and time, characterized his art. In 1981, he contributed to the pioneer exhibition Rundschau Deutschland in Munich and Cologne and at the Bildwechsel at Akademie der Künste in Berlin. He represented Denmark at the fifty-second Venice Biennale in 2007.[1]
In 1995 Wörsel was awarded the Eckersberg Medal, and in 2002 he won Carnegie Art Award first prize, and in 2004, he received the Thorvaldsen Medal. He died in 2018 at Cologne, Germany. His work is displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.[1][2]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Troels Wörsel". Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "Troels Wörsel". Artforum International. 17 December 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
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