About Søren J. Søndergaard
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A presentation of the artist and his works from 1994 til now.
The works of Søren J. Søndergaard are far from
mainstream and the influence of dictates made by art
fashion. The thoroughly executed and time-consuming
paintings insist on the viewer's participation, and few
are left untouched when encountering the subtle, intense
and sometimes ambiguous nature of the images he create.
He is convinced that artistic skills precondition the validity
of the work and it's ability to become art, and contrary to
the modern assertion that there can be be art without a
work, he claims - while striving for timelessness - that
there cannot be art without a work.
Some exhibitions
Galleri Nørballe, Augustiana
The Arts Club, London, England Køgegalleriet Nordens Hus, Tórshavn, Færøerne Galleri Lækjatorg, Reykjavik, Island "Sporten, Kunsten og Publikum", Munkeruphus, Gilleleje Kontrast, Kunstudstillingsbygningen, Odense "Fynalen", Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense Toldboden, Kerteminde Galleri Ludwig, Fredericia Kunstnernes Sommerudstilling, Tistrup Galleri Løwe, Fredericia Charlottenborgs Forårsudstilling Galleri Zenit, København Galerie Nouvelle, Horsens Riimfaxe, Kunstudstillingsbygningen, Odense Galleri Løwe, Fredericia Charlottenborgs Forårsudstilling Kunstnernes Sommerudstilling, Tistrup Galleri Flash, Odense Galleri Løwe, Fredericia Toldboden, Kerteminde The Incredible Grünhorse, Kunstudstillingsbygningen, Odense "Landskab 98", Lerchenborg Gods Galleri Ludwig, Fredericia Travels
France 1980; Amsterdam 1982; Faroe Islands, Iceland 1983;
Kiev 1991; Lithuania 1993; Ireland 1996-98; Quebec 2004; USA 2006; many travels in Norway.
Posts
Artschool teacher 1988-89, 1991- 93.
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Søren Søndergaard...tells stories of this our living world's insignificance compared to Heaven. Little naked angelic creatures - with or without wings - quietly investigates, when nobody looks, the filth and stupidity of our everyday, made by man. To look at these crisp and hazy paintings through ordinary narrowminded eyes, is like peeping at the mystery of creation through a keyhole. The works of Søren Søndergaard were through the 1980's an extension of postwar international abstract expressionism, influenced by artists such as Asger Jorn, Karel Appel, Archile Gorky and Willem de Kooning. Also the Nordic figurative expressionists, i.e. Edvard Munch and Jens Søndergaard, were influential. Today S. works in a figurative manner, among others inspired by Goya and Edward Hopper... and their exposure of a meaningless civilization. 
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