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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)     biography (PDF) 2007-2009   2005-2006   public art / commissions     2005-2006   Thomas Bangsted (DK/US) Claus Carstensen Elmer Ib Geertsen James Jessop (UK) Alexander Laner (D) Marie Søndergaard Lolk Henrik Menné Mogens Møller Mie Mørkeberg Bodil Nielsen Allan Otte Krista Rosenkilde Christian Skeel Anna Sørensen Christian Vind   Allan Otte Fårup omegn potpourri 2006 acrylic on board 122 x 407 cm Autumn Exhibition, Charlottenborg, Cph. Purchased by Københavns Kommunes Billedkunstudvalg   Autumn Exhibition 2006, Charlottenborg, Cph.   Allan Otte The Fall 2006 acrylic on board 122 x 407 cm Autumn Exhibition 2006, Charlottenborg, Cph. Collection: Skive Kunstmuseum, Skive   Allan Otte Everything is good here 2005 acrylic on board 117 x 275 cm Everything is good here, Galleri Tom Christoffersen, 2006   Allan Otte God Damn the Sun, God Damn the Light it Shines and this World it Shows 2006 acrylic on board 117 x 250 cm Collection: Skive Kunstmuseum, Skive Everything is good here, Galleri Tom Christoffersen, 2006   Allan Otte Opstilling (An Arrangement) 2006 acrylic on board 90 x 117 cm Everything is good here, Galleri Tom Christoffersen, 2006   Allan Otte The Great Divide #2 2005 acrylic and alkyd on board 95 x 130 cm

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