Bjarne Melgaard
Untitled, 2012 (for the ICA)
signed and numbered (lower right)
lithograph in 10 colours
65 x 95 cm.
Edition of 30 + 5AP
Untitled, 2012 (for the ICA)
signed and numbered (lower right)
lithograph in 10 colours
65 x 95 cm.
Edition of 30 + 5AP
Untitled, 2012 (for the ICA)
signed and numbered (lower right)
lithograph in 10 colours
65 x 95 cm.
Edition of 30 + 5AP
“I’m very interested in the idea that you don’t observe a painting but the painting is observing you. When you have one of my paintings at home it also observes your life, which could be kind of scary.”
Bjarne Melgaard (born 1967, Sydney) is an Oslo-based artist known for his transgressive paintings and installations that draw upon the likes of gay club culture, S&M, AIDS and addiction. His expressionist drawings and paintings don’t shy from excess, taking on such themes with a deadpan and hyperpersonal clarity.
Melgaard’s works are held in numerous public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg; and Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
He has participated in the Venice, Lyon and Whitney Biennials, and held important exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London as well as the Munch Museum, Oslo.