Christian Larsen
Artists:
- Atelier Van Lieshout
- Christian-Pontus Andersson
- Peter Bonde
- Max Book
- Karin Broos
- Cooper & Gorfer
- Joakim Eneroth
- Mads Gamdrup
- Charlotte Gyllenhammar
- Jeannin/Schuurmans
- Katy Kirbach
- John Körner
- Daniel Lergon
- Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen
- Anna Linderstam
- Lucas Rahn
- Viktor Rosdahl
- Vibeke Slyngstad
Exhibitions:
- 36 Max Book II
- 35 Jeannin/Schuurmans
- 34 Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen
- 33 Mads Gamdrup
- 32 Heikki Marila
- 31 Lucas Rahn
- 30 Christian-Pontus Andersson
- 29 Daniel Lergon
- 28 Peter Bonde
- 27 Karin Broos
- 26 Joakim Eneroth
- 25 Viktor Rosdahl
- 24 Ann-Sofi Sidén
- 23 Cooper & Gorfer
- 22 Katy Kirbach
- 21 Anna Linderstam
- 20 Joakim Eneroth
- 19 Vibeke Slyngstad
- 18 Christine Ödlund
- 17 John Körner
- 16 Charlotte Gyllenhammar
- 15 Mads Gamdrup
- 14 Max Book
- 13 Karin Broos
- 12 Viktor Rosdahl
- 11 State of Mind
- 10 Anders Widoff
- 09 Ann-Sofi Sidén
- 08 Roger Ballen
- 07 Daniel Lergon
- 06 Hello Gallery Owner!
- 04 Atelier Van Lieshout
- 03 Frida Tebus
- 02 Christian–Pontus Andersson
- 01 Tomas Saraceno
Exhibition 18:
18
Christine Ödlund: Thought-Forms
November 19 – December 20, 2009
Christine Ödlund, Thought-Form, video installation, 2009
Christine Ödlund, Lightning, pencil on paper, 2008
Christine Ödlund, LSD-Leafy Sea Dragon, video, 2009
Christine Ödlund, Magnetosphere, pencil on paper, 2009
Christine Ödlund, Mollusc, gouache and pencil on paper, 2008
Christine Ödlund, Phenomena, pencil on paper, 2009
About:
Thought-Forms
Christine Ödlund’s first exhibition at Christian Larsen, Thought-Forms, provides insight into an entire universe all of its own. In Christine Ödlund’s world, we sink to a biological-cosmic level that renders well-known perspectives null and void.
Christine Ödlund’s range of creative expression covers drawing, painting, video and electro-acoustic music. We see abstractions of magnetic phenomena, visual communication with living plants and, in the actual penetration of the living organism, a new synthesis is created between the observer and the observed.
However Christine Ödlund is no mystic of nature in the traditional sense. Rather the essence of her art consists of a scientific perspective combined with a wilful, artistic manner. Encounters such as these actively encourage a short circuiting of our expectations. Thus creating an opportunity for our senses to escape ingrained and preconceived ideas. New perspectives, new levels.
Central to Christine Ödlund’s way of working is synaesthesia, a neurological and psychological phenomenon. A source of inspiration in this preocess is the theosophist Annie Besant (1847-1933) and her research into the relationship between art, nature and the human psyche. Thought-Forms and the debut album Phenomena, released 2008, are based on Besant’s ideas concerning how music can materialise as colour, shape and movement.
Usually art is ahead of science, but through the years Christine Ödlund has integrated empiric research, e.g. a collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology – Ecological Chemistry. She describes her method of integrating research into an overall artistic expression as ’simulated synaesthesia’.
Christine Ödlund’s idiom is that of the true open-minded artist, who with her complex creative expression peels away secret layers to enable a perfect encounter between our senses.
- Carl Abrahamsson