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SOL kJøk | norwAy
www.solkjok.com
My drawings and paintings are the visual terminus of a much longer
method, and their surplus, or extravisual, meaning may be found in
the archeology of their making: My process starts with performances
staged in my studio, where my co-swirlers and I carry out potentially
painful acrobatic exercises, such as walking the tight rope, climbing
ropes or juggling, dribbling or balancing on balls. This initial physical
experience, driven by a desire to first experience as manifest reality
the symbolic content of my images, is documented with a camera
and subsequently mediated by cutting out the naked figures from
these source shots and reassembling them into collages. Like lost
wax, the photo collages gradually disappear while serving as visual
documentation for drawings and finally paintings.
| sTrinG oF BeAds 41, 2003 penCil And Colored penCil on pAper 11x9 in. | 30x23 Cm.
| sTrinG oF BeAds 43, 2003 penCil And Colored penCil on pAper, 14x19.5 in. | 35x50 Cm.
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