Page 193 - La Biennale di Venezia issue of World of Art Magazine

contemporary artists in la Biennale di Venezia issue SEA VIEW WITH WASTE, 2013 ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 120 X 150 CM.
FORBIDDEN LOVE, 2014 ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 120 X 150 CM.

EARTH OVERSHOOT DAY, 2017 OIL ON CANVAS 120 X 100 CM.

PLAYTIME, 2019 OIL ON CANVAS 80 X 100 CM.

RIKKE LINE ANDREASEN
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark
www.instagram.com/rikkelineandreasen

I am a City person, currently I live in Copenhagen, previously
I`ve lived in London, Barcelona and Berlin. I love living in the big
city with all it’s noise, light and vibrant life, with people from all
different cultures, and different environments, and where music,
Food, Architecture, Theater and Art are easily accessible. I grew
up in a small town by the sea, surrounded by beautiful Forests and
fields. And when I’m in the nature today, I almost feel that I am in
a holy place - nature’s beauty, wildness and fragility are magical
to me. Therefore it hurts me and it scares me, when I see how we
humans destroy and pollute our Planet.
I try to express these feelings in my paintings. I paint the images
that for some reason pops up in my head, or I deliberately provoke
inspired by something I have heard, seen or experienced.
Currently my work involves mixing nature with man-made objects.

This theme began eight years ago when I painted a series of deer
from the idea of making my own personal interpretation of the
traditional paintings of “the roaring stag”. In these works I tried
to create a beautiful world in a grotesque universe by adding
some edge to the traditional motif through contrasts, humor and
irony. As an extension of my deer-paintings. I constantly seek to
challenge myself by trying out new paint styles and experimenting
with the reproduction of texture such as glass, metal and plastic. I
try to keep my paintings balance somewhere between reality and
fantasy.
“Forbidden Love” I painted because I was provoked by Russia’s
gay legislation, and my latest work “Playtime“ is a comment on the
absurdity of War toys produced to children.

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