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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.

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biography (PDF) 2007-2009
  2005-2006
  public art / commissions
   


public art / commissions


  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
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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