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BJARNE MELGAARD, Untitled #1, 2017

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BJARNE MELGAARD, Untitled #1, 2017Edition of 20 + 1 APNumberedAccompanied by a Certificate of AuthenticityHand knottedWool & SilkMelgaard’s multimedia practice provides an insight into subcultures and parallel worlds that exist alongside the world of normality. His series of carpets, all based on pencil drawings, tells the story of exclusion and fear and raises questions about instinct and passion, morality and normality. With iconographic references from popular culture, as diverse as the Pink Panther, Planet of the Apes and painter Edvard Munch, Melgaard often addressing marginal and subcultural phenomena to raise provocative and critical questions about society. His series of carpets, all based on pencil drawings, tells the story of exclusion and fear and raises questions about instinct and passion, morality and normality. His work belongs in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Rubell Museum, Miami, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.Selected exhibitions: Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo; Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London; Munch Museum, Oslo & Julia Stoschek Foundation, Berlin.Image: BJARNE MELGAARD, Untitled #1, 2017, original drawing. Courtesy by the artist.