TORBJØRN RØDLAND (B. 1970), Nudist no. 8, 1999
TORBJØRN RØDLAND (B. 1970)
Nudist no. 8, 1999
chromogenic print, flush-mounted on aluminium
signed in ink on label, typed titled, dated and numbered '10/10' on Air de Paris gallery label (frame backing board)
image/sheet/flush mount: 15 ¾ x 19 5/8 in. (40 x 50 cm.)
This work is number ten from an edition of ten.
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Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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Moving between the genres of portraiture, still life and landscape, Norwegian photographer Torbjørn Rødland has forged a unique style which transcends his intentionally banal settings and motifs to create surreal, otherworldly images. Keen to explore the artistic boundaries of his medium, Rødland integrates the aesthetic qualities of lyricism and what he refers to as ‘the sensuality of the photographic moment’ to create beautiful works that point to something deeper. Interested in how different cultural interests shape the way we read images, Nudist no. 6 sees Rødland shatter the historical trope of the female-nude by devising new lures for his viewers. ‘If there’s only one possible reading of a photograph’, he explains, ‘then I’m less interested… The photographs are reading you if you’re reading them’ T. Rødland, quoted at (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/arts/design/torbjorn-rodland-photography.html [accessed March 21 2018]). Frequently dreamlike in nature, his works may be understood as playful critiques of the artificiality of today’s internet-based image culture, which he achieves by creating a staged image that parallels those found ubiquitously in the world of social media. Intellectual, humorous but with a hint of melancholy, Rødland’s works can be found in important public collections such as the Fonds national d’art contemporain, Paris, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
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TORBJØRN RØDLAND (B. 1970)
Nudist no. 8, 1999
chromogenic print, flush-mounted on aluminium
signed in ink on label, typed titled, dated and numbered '10/10' on Air de Paris gallery label (frame backing board)
image/sheet/flush mount: 15 ¾ x 19 5/8 in. (40 x 50 cm.)
This work is number ten from an edition of ten.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Post Lot Text
Moving between the genres of portraiture, still life and landscape, Norwegian photographer Torbjørn Rødland has forged a unique style which transcends his intentionally banal settings and motifs to create surreal, otherworldly images. Keen to explore the artistic boundaries of his medium, Rødland integrates the aesthetic qualities of lyricism and what he refers to as ‘the sensuality of the photographic moment’ to create beautiful works that point to something deeper. Interested in how different cultural interests shape the way we read images, Nudist no. 6 sees Rødland shatter the historical trope of the female-nude by devising new lures for his viewers. ‘If there’s only one possible reading of a photograph’, he explains, ‘then I’m less interested… The photographs are reading you if you’re reading them’ T. Rødland, quoted at (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/arts/design/torbjorn-rodland-photography.html [accessed March 21 2018]). Frequently dreamlike in nature, his works may be understood as playful critiques of the artificiality of today’s internet-based image culture, which he achieves by creating a staged image that parallels those found ubiquitously in the world of social media. Intellectual, humorous but with a hint of melancholy, Rødland’s works can be found in important public collections such as the Fonds national d’art contemporain, Paris, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
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