Olle Borg
Olle Borg, Untitled , 2016.
Signed Olle Borg and numbered 14/30 verso. C-print, sheet 13.5 x 13.5 cm.
Not examined out of frame.
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Tom Böttiger Collection.
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Olle Borg, an artist from Sweden, received his education at Åke Pernby's painting school between 1982 and 1983 and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts between 1983 and 1988. He creates his artworks based on complex numerical series, and these paintings are constructed by applying multiple layers of paint. The colours he uses are sourced from Humbrol's colour range. Humbrol is best known for manufacturing paints for model building, often related to military equipment. These paints serve as ready-made shades intended to reflect the real-life colours of the objects that the models replicate.
Borg creates pictorial spaces with materialized qualities, where large and glossy surfaces give the impression that the paint has sunk in, creating a suggestive darkness. The colour palette is fundamentally distinct, but during the process of creating the images, it has gradually transitioned to become fluid and almost chameleon-like in its character.
Artist
Olle Borg, a Swedish painter, received his education at Åke Pernby's painting school from 1982 to 1983 and then continued at the Royal Institute of Art (Konstakademin) from 1983 to 1988. The patterns in his paintings are based on complex number series and are built up in layers of color. His color palette is derived from Humbrol's range of colors. Humbrol is renowned for manufacturing paints for scale models, often associated with military equipment. These colors are a type of ready-made hues intended to represent real colors on the objects that the models imitate.
Borg works with a form of materialized pictorial space, featuring large, glossy surfaces where the paint has sunk in, creating a suggestive darkness. Initially, the color palette is quite distinct, but over the long process of creating his paintings, it gradually becomes fluid, bordering on the chameleon-like. His artistic approach thus combines mathematical rigor with an exploration of color's transformative potential within the context of structured surfaces.
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