Allan Otte
Allan Otte is among the primary exponents of the new figurative painting on the young Scandinavian art scene.
With cool lack of nostalgia Allan Otte depicts the province as a landscape organized by rows of windmills, silos and stacked pallets.
These human deserted but human influenced culturescapes seems to capture contemporary rural life conditions; an industrialized farming presented through the decay of minor holdings and the almost empty roads transporting truckloads of goods from A to B.
The indecipherable feeling of unease present in these scenarios is underscored by Otte’s characteristic painting technique. Influenced by the various possibilities of image sampling and editing offered by graphics software, Otte’s detailed ‘stills’ turns into carefully and well-defined strokes of paint when studied up close.
The choice of subject matter and untraditional methods of painting lead to subtle holes poked in the naturalist illusion.
 Text in Danish (PDF)
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2007-2009  |
| biography (PDF) |
2005-2006 |
| www.allanotte.dk |
public art / commissions |
| Parallel Lines, group exhibition, Galleri Tom Christoffersen 2009 |
| Silent Pictures, solo exhibition, Galleri Tom Christoffersen 2008 |
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2007-2009
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Roger Ballen (US/ZA)
Thomas Bangsted (DK/US)
Claus Carstensen
Ib Geertsen
James Jessop (UK)
Alexander Laner (D)
Marie Søndergaard Lolk
Henrik Menné
Mogens Møller
Mie Mørkeberg
Allan Otte
Krista Rosenkilde
Jeffrey Silverthorne (US)
Christian Skeel
Anna Sørensen
Christian Vind |
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Allan Otte
Frugt
2009
acrylic on board
100 x 100 cm
Group exhibition: Parallel Lines,
Galleri Tom Christoffersen, 2009 |
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Allan Otte
Indgreb (Interference)
2007
acrylic on board
205 x 260 cm
Graduation work from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Cph. Exhibited at EXIT 2007, Gl. Strand
Collection: Kunsten – Museum of Modern Art Aalborg
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Allan Otte
Udbrændt (Burnt Out)
2007
acrylic on board
122 x 250 cm
Carnegie Art Award 2008 |
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Allan Otte
Ramt (Hit)
2007
acrylic on board
122 x 250 cm
Carnegie Art Award 2008 |
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Allan Otte
Smadret (Crashed)
2007
acrylic on board
122 x 250 cm
Silent Pictures, Galleri Tom Christoffersen, 2008 |
