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Life and career
editYoung Danish artist Alexander Tovborg (b. 1983) has studied at Staatliche Akademie der Bilden Künste in Karlsruhe [1] and he graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen [2] in May 2010. Tovborg explores different genres of art including painting, drawing, sculpture, and performance. He creates compelling figurative and metaphysical imagery that seems to be drawn from his own internal imaginations as well as combined with elements from Western visuality and foreign cultures and religions. Tovborg seems to find a sincere and genuine expression in religious and spiritual art that he transforms into paintings and sculptures - creating his own myths in the process. His work presents a series of figures that act almost as arch types summoned from the interplay between collective unconscious and individual imagination. Religion or perhaps more precise spirituality plays an important role in the imagining of his works and it is obvious that the search for inner enlightenment is pivotal for Tovborg. Not afraid of depicting the humble or the elevated, Tovborg examines man's eternal relation to both the mundane and the spiritual. In his most recent works he has also begun to incorporate different elements of popular culture in particular music. Through split perspectives and by multiplying the motif into a myriad of facets, Tovborg creates a panoptic view over actual and virtual spaces. A lyrical, yearning world that appears either glowing with colours or shrouded by thin layers of pigment. Alexander Tovborg is represented by gallery Nicolai Wallner [3] in Copenhagen.
Education
editToveborg studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art between 2004 and 2010 and at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Karlsruhe,Germany (while registered as an associate student of the Danish Academy) between 2004 and 2010.
Solo exhibitions (selected)
edit2011 - 3, Museet for Religiøs Kunst, Lemvig, Denmark
2010 - New Eternity, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark [4]
2009 - Harens Klan, Hostrup-Pedersen & Johansens Litografiske Atelier, Copenhagen,Denmark [5]
2007 - Death of a Pioneer, Minoutte Show, Grandteatret, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 - I Tell You Weird Tales, Bendixen Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Groupshows (selected)
edit2011
Folklore - Old New Forms, Kunsthallen 44 Møen, Askeby, Denmark
The Magic of Clay - Ceramics in Contemporary Art, Gl. Holtegaard, Gl. Holte, Denmark
2010
Landskapets Anatomi, Grafikens Hus, Mariefred, Sweden
Etwas viele, bisschen langweilige, ganz kleine Radierungen, Galerie Niels Borch Jensen, Berlin, Germany
Jubilæeumsudstillingerne, Janusbygningen, Tistrup, Denmark
Afgang 2010. Det Kgl. Danske Kunstakademi/Billedskolerne, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Best of Wonderland, Wonderland Art Space, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009
Kurs:Havnen, Kunstmuseet Køge Skitsesamling, Køge, Denmark
Kurs:Højen, Odsherred Kunstmuseum, Asnæs, Denmark
Copenhagen Spirit, Clausens Kunsthandel, Copenhagen, Denmark
GBB, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
Klaatu Barada Nikto, BKS Garage, Copenhagen, Denmark
Fantastisch, Pforzheim Galerie,Pforzheim, Germany
Angili-Heart, Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark
It's raining men! Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark
Til Vægs, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008
Overkill, Wonderland Art Space, Copenhagen, Denmark
A View at the Strange, Bendixen Contemporary Art, Copenhagen Denmark
2007
Magtdemonstrationer, Kronborg Slot, Helsingør, Denmark
No Resistance, Galleri Veggerby, Copenhagen, Denmark
Eyes on the Prize, Bendixen Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006
Ordsprog, Portalen, Hundige Kunsthal, Hundige, Denmark
Charlottenborgs Forårsudstilling, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Camp Eden, Kong Christian, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ten on Fourth, Bendixen Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005
Pro-Art, Randers Kunstmusem, Randers, Denmark
Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark
Der var engang på Marienlyst Slot, Marienlyst Slot, Helsingør, Denmark
Charlottenborgs Forårsudstilling, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Publications
editHarens Klan og Dens Søstre (2009) [6]
Articles/Reviews
editInterview kopenhagen 2011[1]
Interview with Alexander Tovborg and Karen Harsbo, Mads Damsbo in kopenhagen 2011 [2]
References
edit- ^ http://www.kunstakademie-karlsruhe.de/
- ^ http://www.kunstakademiet.dk/
- ^ http://www.nicolaiwallner.com/
- ^ http://www.nicolaiwallner.com/artists/alexander/alexander.html
- ^ http://www.grafikenshus.se/00528/00700/
- ^ http://www.permild-rosengreen.dk/ONLINE+SHOP/B%C3%B8ger/Alexander+Tovborg+-+Harens+Klan.html
External links
editGalleri Nicolai Wallner * [3]
Contemporary Art Daily * [4]
Artadoo * [5]