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Fie Norsker, The Shadow, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 140 x 120 cm.
The painting The Shadow is in many ways an artwork that connects and resumes the universe of Fie Norsker. The artist works close to the great Danish tradition of landscape painting which especially J.F. Willumsen made possible to depict in insane and impossible colours. But the 19th century roman-tic landscape painters can too be seen present in Norsker’s imagery. It revolves around man’s meet-ing with nature and the sublime sensation that is recalled by standing as a small existence in front of great unchangeable forces. With her landscape abstractions and the glistening acrylic colours. Norsker adds a layer of irony to the sentimental depiction of nature and therefore her works are not just sensational landscape paintings but also humoristic interpretations of how man safely can step into the space of nature and fantasy.
Fie Norsker (1974, KR) lives and works in Copenhagen. She received her MA from The Royal Dan-ish Academy of Arts in 2006 and has since then exhibited her work at several Danish and interna-tional galleries and exhibition spaces such as Rønnebæksholm, DK; Gallery Factory, KR; Marianne Friis Gallery, DK; Galleri Steinsland Berliner, SE, and BM-Suma Contemporary Art Center, TR. Her works are part of the collections at The National Gallery of Denmark, DK and Ny Carlsbergfondet, DK. In 2008, she received Carnegie Art Award.
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