Galleri Tom Christoffersen

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)


available works	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

public art / commissions

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

Allan Otte
Mobilt billede (mobile image)
2010
acrylic on board
110 x 350 cm
Commissioned by Saxo Bank, Copenhagen

Allan Otte
Mobilt billede (mobile image)
2010
acrylic on board
110 x 350 cm
Commissioned by Saxo Bank, Copenhagen

Allan Otte
I stykker
2009
acrylic on board
175 x 175 cm
Commissioned by Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen
(Danish Enterprise And Construction Authority).

Allan Otte
Nedtrykt
2010
acrylic on board
175 x 175 cm
Commissioned by Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen
(Danish Enterprise And Construction Authority).

Allan Otte
Delt
2009
acrylic and alkyd on board
175 x 175 cm
Commissioned by Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen
(Danish Enterprise And Construction Authority).

Allan Otte
Presset. 2009
acrylic on board
175 x1 75 cm
Commissioned by Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen
(Danish Enterprise And Construction Authority).

Allan Otte
Presset
2009
acrylic on board
175 x 175 cm
(detail)

Allan Otte
I stykker. 2009
acrylic on board
175 x 175 cm
(detail)

Installation view
Paintings by Allan Otte
commissioned by Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen
(Danish Enterprise And Construction Authority).

Installation view
Paintings by Allan Otte
commissioned by Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen
(Danish Enterprise And Construction Authority).

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