Montblanc: Luxury Pens Inspire Paintings

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3-N4TUplK9p09tSEaRUjGziFKpfROO0UJ8inI6WuKLGBn62i8EdUa4tKYF6410mLClX_hKcYb8bSuYUPuF7Lqu3sarF8_9JoyAl2bjBidhdn3sLb4IYl0TGKLKBClQhomQZi_qrI6s4/s1600/montblanc+art+hero.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627756303975923426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3-N4TUplK9p09tSEaRUjGziFKpfROO0UJ8inI6WuKLGBn62i8EdUa4tKYF6410mLClX_hKcYb8bSuYUPuF7Lqu3sarF8_9JoyAl2bjBidhdn3sLb4IYl0TGKLKBClQhomQZi_qrI6s4/s400/montblanc+art+hero.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 377px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Montblanc Young Artist World Patronage</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTzK-6is-S_9Ql6-sav1nwtL-ObdLSNJAj-em3vztciTARGrJfFLpkDxFK3SZ4_qCY9pkRRo9c5QbFh_wBz65eiPEQ6YaALWdW62hyphenhyphenGwhUbcgF6Ajv0NV_98aCc72jNFY5pMUC3JhgHdX/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090438790343721314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTzK-6is-S_9Ql6-sav1nwtL-ObdLSNJAj-em3vztciTARGrJfFLpkDxFK3SZ4_qCY9pkRRo9c5QbFh_wBz65eiPEQ6YaALWdW62hyphenhyphenGwhUbcgF6Ajv0NV_98aCc72jNFY5pMUC3JhgHdX/s400/Picture+1.png" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a><br /><br />This unique project, created by Montblanc in 2004, gives young and upcoming artists the platform to present their name and talent to a broader public and the international art scene in particular.<br /><br />The concept is to have more than 330 Montblanc boutiques worldwide act as a gallery and exhibit simultaneously for a single artist with one particular artwork for a period of almost 6 weeks. The common theme for the artworks is the creative interpretation of the world famous Montblanc star.<br /><br />The individual "star"-works are reproduced and exhibited in the Montblanc boutique windows. The original artworks became and will become part of the Montblanc "Cutting Edge Art Collection" - one of the various Montblanc initiatives to support contemporary art and demonstrate the brand's commitment and contribution to art and culture.<br /><br />Since 2004 Montblanc presented 18 young artists from all over the world. The selection of the artists and artworks took place together with reputed experts from the international art and culture scene.<br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2007/03/pen-that-inspires-mont-blanc-art.html"><br />See the previous post of Mont Blanc artwork here.</a><br /><br />Young Artist World Patronage 2005<br />Because of the tremendous success the "Young Artist World Patronage" aroused in 2004, Montblanc continued the international art project in 2005. The artistic interpretations of the famous Montblanc brand signet, the white star, were on display in over 330 Montblanc Boutiques world-wide. Montblanc again used its global presence as a platform for sponsoring young talents.<br /><br />The artists whose works were on display from January to November 2005 were Eske Kath, Mikio Taka, Susi Pop, Gitte Schäfer, Angela Brennan and Jan Christensen.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Susi Pop, Der Zeichner im Stern 2003</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosEcbRnW4VGflf6C2FaNpXUhuPshtVWEMR3ZMVHm8KgKhD-G3awxsiKMW1RK91eoF-Z-Alyvasux59EPP42ljqbsx_WulQsEgLraoSCOeM7RpWrWzW4Y6jz8jVZPlxd_4GwqugURXTHg7/s1600-h/YAWP_2005_Susi_Pop.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090434997887598850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosEcbRnW4VGflf6C2FaNpXUhuPshtVWEMR3ZMVHm8KgKhD-G3awxsiKMW1RK91eoF-Z-Alyvasux59EPP42ljqbsx_WulQsEgLraoSCOeM7RpWrWzW4Y6jz8jVZPlxd_4GwqugURXTHg7/s400/YAWP_2005_Susi_Pop.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 508px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">About the artist</span><br />Because no one has ever seen Susi Pop, there are no known facts about her appearance, her origins, or her artistic career. The person is nothing; the name is everything. Susi Pop's artworks have been included in solo and group exhibitions throughout Europe, most recently in the Städtische Galerie Nordhorn and the Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">About her work</span><br />In her universally pink artworks, Susi Pop playfully and sarcastically explores the values of the art world itself. She questions the concept of original artworks vs. reproductions, and also tackles historical and political themes. Susi Pop is especially known for her interpretation of Gerhard Richter's 1988 painting cycle, "18. Oktober 1977", which paid tribute to the German left-wing terrorist group, Red Army Fraction (RAF). Susi Pop reproduced the artworks as pink silkscreens on a magenta background, and titled them ''The Moustache of Ulrike Meinhof,'' making reference to Marcel Duchamp.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eske Kath, Disintegration / Volcano 2003</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZeW9Gv2-rOjpvkUw-2qDONKqJ0mWmYQo3zZS8LXE7_M5dAwsi-F1OLW3S5PCQdZRqo8KIPZR7BWSe2ZGsWRKOkOefAFyvutH1iVaXjN7OOnEwsBgud4DQ98MhUBZSCYF8yr5C2NTv07S/s1600-h/YAWP_2005_Eske-Kath.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090434834678841586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZeW9Gv2-rOjpvkUw-2qDONKqJ0mWmYQo3zZS8LXE7_M5dAwsi-F1OLW3S5PCQdZRqo8KIPZR7BWSe2ZGsWRKOkOefAFyvutH1iVaXjN7OOnEwsBgud4DQ98MhUBZSCYF8yr5C2NTv07S/s400/YAWP_2005_Eske-Kath.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 511px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">About the artist</span><br />Eske Kath was born in 1975 in Haderslev, Denmark and attended The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1997-2003. He had recent solo exhibitions at Galerie Mikael Andersen in Copenhagen and at Galerie Schuster in Frankfurt, and his work has been featured in recent group exhibitions at the Vensyssel Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, Momentum, Moss, Norway and the 'Premio del Golfo' biennale, La Spezia, Italy. Eske Kath lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">About his work</span><br />Eske Kath's paintings frequently explore themes of natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes and tidal waves, as well as the relationship between the universal and the personal. In the artist's exhibition entitled “My Tsunami,” lava floats, tornadoes rage and the earth trembles expressing the “everyday catastrophes” of normal life. Architectural elements with sharp edges coexist softly and poetically with organic shapes and triangular mountaintops and suggest the delicate balance between manmade and natural, peace and chaos, stability and catastrophe.<br /><a href="http://www.gma.dk/">www.gma.dk</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mikio Taka, Tauziehen 2003</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3D4xWgd-T_7lMCOp-4rCivSTI-uhBk5R5aIGxIxwjKDrLcOqRuZXVyGrH_XL6FEFw0pghiJEKLPzWojocrLt6KqFf8IvdksqHwwuVlPgcprFyjPn6tWEl-JWmTCMNgCxjQd4HnKsqWQk/s1600-h/YAWP_2005_Mikio_Taka.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090435444564197650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3D4xWgd-T_7lMCOp-4rCivSTI-uhBk5R5aIGxIxwjKDrLcOqRuZXVyGrH_XL6FEFw0pghiJEKLPzWojocrLt6KqFf8IvdksqHwwuVlPgcprFyjPn6tWEl-JWmTCMNgCxjQd4HnKsqWQk/s400/YAWP_2005_Mikio_Taka.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 510px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">About the artist</span><br />Mikio Taka was born in 1978 on Hokkaido, the northern-most island of Japan. He was one of the youngest finalists to be selected for the 1998 Sapporo Contemporary Art Award. His work has been featured in group exhibitions at The Proposition Gallery, New York, The Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, The Super Deluxe Gallery, Tokyo and The CAI Gallery, Hamburg. In the summer of 2004, The Hamburg Department of Cultural Affairs awarded Mikio Taka an artist residency to produce artworks that will be included in a group exhibition about Japanese contemporary art at the Kunsthaus Hamburg in 2005.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">About his work</span><br />Mikio Taka's artwork combines figurative and draughtsman-like drawing with dreamy landscapes. He has a broad range of styles ranging from minimalist watercolour paintings to three dimensional pieces. Repetitive shapes and forms merge symbiotically to create a visually precise paradise that seems digitally generated. All of these elements illustrate the artist's view of landscapes as amoeba-like organisms that hypnotize and mesmerize the viewer.<br /><a href="http://www.cai-hamburg.de/">www.cai-hamburg.de</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gitte Schäfer, Without Title 2003</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaixZ8CjV3tAumDkvOvwmOm6TOLH_qaole0OrPn8RLMtkUqPtpiBsZNJYHqCTfUAGQFc2zjXonHsTP0f4nKF3RN9FhTIqPpxcR6HOwHn7ZIB1OoH8tnlVtGLZVs-rMlIbcfFojEftlcLos/s1600-h/YAWP_2005_Gitte_Schaefer.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090436239133147426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaixZ8CjV3tAumDkvOvwmOm6TOLH_qaole0OrPn8RLMtkUqPtpiBsZNJYHqCTfUAGQFc2zjXonHsTP0f4nKF3RN9FhTIqPpxcR6HOwHn7ZIB1OoH8tnlVtGLZVs-rMlIbcfFojEftlcLos/s400/YAWP_2005_Gitte_Schaefer.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 515px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">About the artist</span><br />Gitte Schäfer was born in 1972 in Stuttgart. She attended the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee and the Chelsea College of Art in London. A fellow from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes from 2001-2003, Gitte Schäfer had a recent solo exhibition at Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin. Her work was also featured in a recent show at Kirkhoff Gallery in Copenhagen. She lives and works in Berlin.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">About her work</span><br />Gitte Schäfer explores cultural symbols in her intimate paintings and drawings of interiors, landscapes, and architectural scenes. Using romantic or romanticized icons, such as old magazine clippings and flea market postcards as well as furniture and found objects, Gitte Schäfer presents the dichotomy of nature and culture. She is greatly influenced by the applied arts, and frequently experiments with different artistic techniques such as pencil on gesso, perforated and painted metal and painted boxes.<br /><a href="http://www.mehdi-chouakri.com/">www.mehdi-chouakri.com</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Angela Brennan, Montblanc 2003</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIM2XJCAYJ6t_4GkmUGhgLLjHK1WuxQoL45W7vUSpymjIxmwzaSGGem_G_S9Sc2Kc6qw3JEjCI8QPZmhatcz0Ar0uYObL35TPSRmIfk2L5WfK_PgvQS55pOMv8jfwolzJHZ9nFd6Nr4br2/s1600-h/YAWP_2005_Angela_Brennan.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090436750234255666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIM2XJCAYJ6t_4GkmUGhgLLjHK1WuxQoL45W7vUSpymjIxmwzaSGGem_G_S9Sc2Kc6qw3JEjCI8QPZmhatcz0Ar0uYObL35TPSRmIfk2L5WfK_PgvQS55pOMv8jfwolzJHZ9nFd6Nr4br2/s400/YAWP_2005_Angela_Brennan.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 512px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">About the artist</span><br />Angela Brennan was born in 1960 in Ballarat, Australia. She attended the University of Melbourne and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and has been awarded studio residencies in Spain, France and China. Her work is represented in major public, corporate and private collections throughout Australia and overseas, including the National Gallery of Australia and the World Bank Collection in New York. Angela Brennan lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">About her work</span><br />Angela Brennan's oeuvre includes portraits and landscapes but she is best known for her abstract paintings. Philosophical, astronomical, literary and musical concepts are of personal interest to her and are frequently examined in her work. The ideas and emotions expressed in her paintings always provoke a reaction, ranging from affirmation to intrigue or bemusement. In her latest works, text overlays the drips, splashes and stripes of paint. The words dominate the canvas but simultaneously blend into the cacophony of the background.<br /><a href="http://www.niagara-galleries.com.au/">www.niagara-galleries.com.au</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jan Christensen, Superimposed stars 2003</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqIHnnTF9sWaE_gNx6A3gNuCR-om_xtxXdI7ZRf-96Po3Rw7lM2RouJVFazLkElkAG_zROBDi57sFhWVljhHFSPjVPBGfOuu22vqgicLpGAeAbwXSl6TmLQWVBUcvn-btmZvZdliAh-za/s1600-h/YAWP_2005_Jan_Christensen.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090437222680658258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqIHnnTF9sWaE_gNx6A3gNuCR-om_xtxXdI7ZRf-96Po3Rw7lM2RouJVFazLkElkAG_zROBDi57sFhWVljhHFSPjVPBGfOuu22vqgicLpGAeAbwXSl6TmLQWVBUcvn-btmZvZdliAh-za/s400/YAWP_2005_Jan_Christensen.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 511px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">About the artist</span><br />Jan Christensen was born in 1977 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He studied at The National College of Art and Design in Oslo,Norway until 2000 and has been based in Berlin since 2001. He has received several Scandinavian grants and art prizes and was given two periods of residency at the International Artists Studio Programme in Sweden (IASPIS) in 2003. In 2004, he held residencies at the Villa Arson in Nice, France and the National Art Studio in Seoul, South Korea. He currently has a residency at The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">About his work</span><br />Drawing inspiration from artists such as Michael Majerus and Franz Ackermann, Jan Christensen's wall paintings either refer to the aesthetics of media-based culture or function as site-specific installations that reflect the surrounding architecture. His compositions are often layered and colorful and fuse graphics and words. At first they appear decorative but ultimately debate notions of content, context, intention and perception of works of art.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.janchristensen.org/">www.janchristensen.org </a><br /><a href="http://www.atlegerhardsen.com/">www.atlegerhardsen.com</a>

Montblanc: Luxury Pens Inspire Paintings

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A Pen That Inspires More Than Words: Montblanc Art

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93PgYp3W0Buz5qPr5OdxWXn2w9I4d50f0wn3Cd8oedEY1ECWmjAbnCpgpB0eokj0PXr7o50fvkpbFf4UTx0ySj9zjZWSAtC-5_3cmksUyCPKCZGm6l7uQ7ZwYrneC_kpNYpVMlQ-fa2o/s1600/Picture+17.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462265190844232178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93PgYp3W0Buz5qPr5OdxWXn2w9I4d50f0wn3Cd8oedEY1ECWmjAbnCpgpB0eokj0PXr7o50fvkpbFf4UTx0ySj9zjZWSAtC-5_3cmksUyCPKCZGm6l7uQ7ZwYrneC_kpNYpVMlQ-fa2o/s400/Picture+17.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 493px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Montblanc Young Artists World Patronage</span><br />This unique project gave young and upcoming artists the platform to present their name and talent to a broader public and the international art scene in particular.<br /><br />The concept was to have more than 300 Montblanc boutiques worldwide act as a gallery and exhibit simultaneously for a single artist with one particular artwork for a period of almost 6 weeks. The common theme for the artworks is the creative interpretation of the world famous Montblanc star (see image below).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilToZWepX8RH2cinhckfiRy4EecMg_IkArGzNqmpZtfwaZWfO9emOSo4G4Nc5aAxa54GT8-EJk7bDoG7T-SJlYvENtZNO-0hl6pUeuJouo-8eQ9I6h61iqdTWCk9YKvU1F-aKDpQ5VEiY/s1600/Picture+16.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462264423651603618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilToZWepX8RH2cinhckfiRy4EecMg_IkArGzNqmpZtfwaZWfO9emOSo4G4Nc5aAxa54GT8-EJk7bDoG7T-SJlYvENtZNO-0hl6pUeuJouo-8eQ9I6h61iqdTWCk9YKvU1F-aKDpQ5VEiY/s400/Picture+16.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 205px;" /></a><br /><br />The individual "star"-works were reproduced and exhibited in the Montblanc boutique windows.The original artwork became part of the Montblanc "Cutting Edge Art Collection" - one of the various Montblanc initiatives to support contemporary art and demonstrate the brand's commitment and contribution to art and culture.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.montblanc.com/">Montblanc</a> presented 5 young artists from all over the world in 2005. The selection of the artists and artworks took place together with reputed experts from the international art and culture scene.<br /><br />1. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nicole Wermers</span><br />Hintergrund Schneegestöber 2003<br /><br />Born in 1971 in Emsdetten, Germany, Nicole Wermers studied art at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg and in 1999, she received her Masters of Arts in Fine Art at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London. From 2003-2004 she had an artist residency at the Delfina Studio Trust, London. Nicole Wermers lives and works in Hamburg and London.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPcnx2EEYkxvtroFIL9GwVGIqlyrHowAkq_oP8tVcqbU30JPDZePKibT443Ud08gwNKf5GKtDnBlYhgBw8JofuiNbNRFHwSML9yDD76fvwf1LER4Rf_2dQb-gel9uUg6XZapgV4AfO8e-/s1600-h/Nicole+wermers.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043361537776567026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPcnx2EEYkxvtroFIL9GwVGIqlyrHowAkq_oP8tVcqbU30JPDZePKibT443Ud08gwNKf5GKtDnBlYhgBw8JofuiNbNRFHwSML9yDD76fvwf1LER4Rf_2dQb-gel9uUg6XZapgV4AfO8e-/s400/Nicole+wermers.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 544px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br />In her collages and installations, Nicole Wermers explores the temptations of beauty and artificiality. She frequently assembles cut-outs from car, luxury goods and perfume and wine advertisements and creates three-dimensional works that combine elegant forms from the collected experiences of modern life. Her works are both aesthetic and useful and evoke contemporary reality.<br /><a href="http://www.produzentengalerie.com/">Produzenten Galerie</a><br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sophy Rickett</span><br />Bodensee 2003<br /><br />Sophy Rickett was born in 1970. She studied at the London College of Printing from 1990-1993 and at the Royal College of Art from 1997-1999. She has had recent solo exhibitions at the Centre pour l´image contemporain Saint-Gervais, Switzerland, the Emily Tsingou Gallery, London and The British Council in Rome. She is currently based in London.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62TBOmM54OUN4qw7HYsQBtdWjiVTyM_UKV_UbYJ_o_Zr9tDVF7EHV_ze6Ry68h1paMgS4n3iJwZKPu25sKfs2KFmE3C_irNL6zOzGQKR74JeBe472D2whyigbRXy2YLNSiMXCToDP5lGB/s1600-h/sopy+rickett.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043362182021661442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62TBOmM54OUN4qw7HYsQBtdWjiVTyM_UKV_UbYJ_o_Zr9tDVF7EHV_ze6Ry68h1paMgS4n3iJwZKPu25sKfs2KFmE3C_irNL6zOzGQKR74JeBe472D2whyigbRXy2YLNSiMXCToDP5lGB/s400/sopy+rickett.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 546px;" /></a><br /><br />Sophy Rickett’s large-scale photographs are best known for their precise abstraction and purity of form. Her work is primarily non-narrative, and she photographs locations on the edge of mainstream society – peripheries of cities, road edges and parks. Her photographs are frequently taken at night and capture a tension between reality and fantasy.<br /><a href="http://www.emilytsingougallery.com/">Emily Tsingou Gallery</a><br /><br />3. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Harrie Gerritz</span><br />Composition (in the beginning of the night) 2003<br /><br />Born in 1940 in Wychen, The Netherlands, Harrie Gerritz studied at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunst in Arnhem, The Netherlands. He spent several years working in New Guinea before returning to Europe to continue his studies at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunst in Arnhem. In 1996, 1999 and 2004, he was a Visiting Professor at the Fachhochschule in Hamburg. He has had recent solo exhibitions at the Galerie Clement in Amsterdam, Seasons Galleries in The Hague and A&A Galerie in Hasselt, Belgium. Harrie Gerritz lives and works in The Netherlands.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGd1MlFnWENoEmuKFL4Vm9waV-o8vwHkdbQapi9S6hEIC6jWBuoKD5vEAG8B0NCxD1ds8vNDR9trGFx-3T03is4bm3nJlDYuGktIu7mpptEBbwX2Kb0-p5uNBsxRQpWXGHdTNr6hyJCvcl/s1600-h/harrie+gerritz.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043362547093881618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGd1MlFnWENoEmuKFL4Vm9waV-o8vwHkdbQapi9S6hEIC6jWBuoKD5vEAG8B0NCxD1ds8vNDR9trGFx-3T03is4bm3nJlDYuGktIu7mpptEBbwX2Kb0-p5uNBsxRQpWXGHdTNr6hyJCvcl/s400/harrie+gerritz.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 539px;" /></a><br /><br />Harrie Gerritz regards himself as a landscape painter though his paintings explore more the essence of the landscape. His “imaginary” landscapes straddle the balance between figurative and abstract art, and focus on the emotional power of colors and the graphic rhythm of lines.<br /><a href="http://www.harriegerritz.nl/">Harrie Gerritz website</a><br /><br />4. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Deborah Ligorio</span><br />Math_0032 2003<br /><br />Born in 1972 in Brindisi, Italy, Deborah Ligorio studied art in Bologna, Milan and Paris, and participated in several study programs in Italy and the US. In 2003, she received a video and film fellowship in Berlin and a residency at the MAK Schindler Artists and Architects in Residence Program in Los Angeles. Deborah Ligorio lives and works in Milan and Berlin.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GmUj6qd3Wm4q2VSpLQCrABwbRvO7q-UXXr6L2iEvmUqEl-vFPC0i8F23TTDBtzZOjbB6BQ-_HRx-r4BZEbPTjjUwyGZDAmRIyhrnWacmEp54hOBa8qu3YoGVv_1Qo4ou8zL8LV0TMz7n/s1600-h/deborah+ligorio.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043363161274204962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GmUj6qd3Wm4q2VSpLQCrABwbRvO7q-UXXr6L2iEvmUqEl-vFPC0i8F23TTDBtzZOjbB6BQ-_HRx-r4BZEbPTjjUwyGZDAmRIyhrnWacmEp54hOBa8qu3YoGVv_1Qo4ou8zL8LV0TMz7n/s400/deborah+ligorio.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 544px;" /></a><br /><br />Deborah Ligorio investigates themes and issues related to physical, virtual and emotional space in her video, photography, and internet projects. In addition, through the realization of custom living units, she explores the relationship between living space and individual peculiarities, mood and character.<br /><a href="http://www.deborahligorio.com/">Deborah Ligorio's website</a><br /><br />5. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen</span><br />Untitled 2002<br /><br />Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen was born in 1963 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1986-1992. He had a recent solo exhibition at the Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen and his work was featured in the 2002 exhibition, Private/Corporate, at the Daimler Chrysler Contemporary art gallery in Berlin. Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen lives and works in Copenhagen.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HsxVRp3PQ4z61WbCjjwhM7JaCPaLeoqsEFHWlW_UP_UrPh1gX8Z4bV1JOamHTz9WncpcOqiV7VJfdrGCg_fg-9THaw56Mca5wGuRkt-eMjVmRKEOrwZmyJbWhlQzYpBE0E7WA-PFtO5e/s1600-h/christian+schmidt-rasmussen.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043363848468972338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HsxVRp3PQ4z61WbCjjwhM7JaCPaLeoqsEFHWlW_UP_UrPh1gX8Z4bV1JOamHTz9WncpcOqiV7VJfdrGCg_fg-9THaw56Mca5wGuRkt-eMjVmRKEOrwZmyJbWhlQzYpBE0E7WA-PFtO5e/s400/christian+schmidt-rasmussen.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 548px;" /></a><br /><br />Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen's new paintings are inspired by signs and advertisements from popular culture. Their vivid colour surfaces have a brash directness that stems from his unique and expressive arrangement of colour and form.<br /><a href="http://www.nicolaiwallner.com/"> Galerie Nicolai Wallner</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ES0zUl8N81seypAIx4djbe-PzUFSJ9iYOR_5P-rRhxme1c4jnq4UQ253GwIWYcfqee4TnkLgMUsoqb6P5XcZJjgBPtf5a70nVxYXIValmZ53AEYGoe9izbeqvZGRvohNubCOrrbYml6M/s1600-h/Picture+5.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043366356729873234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ES0zUl8N81seypAIx4djbe-PzUFSJ9iYOR_5P-rRhxme1c4jnq4UQ253GwIWYcfqee4TnkLgMUsoqb6P5XcZJjgBPtf5a70nVxYXIValmZ53AEYGoe9izbeqvZGRvohNubCOrrbYml6M/s400/Picture+5.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 187px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.montblanc.com/">Official Montblanc site</a>

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