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Ola Billgren

169. Ola Billgren ”Skymningstimme”.

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Viewing April 4th–8th at Berzelii Park 1 in Stockholm
Open: Mon–Fri 11AM–6PM, Sat–Sun 11AM–5PM
Sale: April 9th, start 3PM. Arsenalsgatan 2 in Stockholm


”Skymningstimme” is a unique work in Billgren’s oeuvre. The size of the canvas combined with the complexity of the subject means it absorbs the viewer.

Part of the ‘Cityscapes’ series, it functions a collage of different places, of sky, earth and air. The saturated atmosphere can only be described as chaos, something that the size of the canvas reinforces. In a piece of writing about ‘Skymningstimme’ Bo Nilsson describes the unique environments Billgren creates in his work: “…in another painting Billgren has called this intermediate state between city and countryside his ‘terrain vague’, best translated as ‘uncertain terrain’. Terrain vague is not a physical place but more a mental state, characterized by a magnificence that may be defined as sublime. It is a complex feeling that holds considerable beauty but also a sense of threat or danger, an added dimension of civilization’s downfall, in German usually referred to as ‘Götterdämmerung’, the twilight of the Gods. The different pictorial levels make us contemplate different elements of our civilization and if we interpret Billgren correctly, things do not seem quite right in our world.

Is it up to the viewer to pause and linger on these the different stages of collapse and in doing so become aware of what is going on in the world around us?”

Works by Ola Billgren at Contemporary Art & Design:

114. Ola Billgren, "Kvinnofigur i landskap".
114. Ola Billgren, "Kvinnofigur i landskap".
Hammer price 
Unsold
Estimate
500 000 - 700 000 SEK
116. Ola Billgren, "Cityscape (30 år i Lund)".
116. Ola Billgren, "Cityscape (30 år i Lund)".
Hammer price 
1 000 000 SEK
Estimate
1 000 000 - 1 200 000 SEK
153. Ola Billgren, "Spegling".
153. Ola Billgren, "Spegling".
Hammer price 
1 050 000 SEK
Estimate
800 000 - 1 000 000 SEK
169. Ola Billgren, "Skymningstimme".
169. Ola Billgren, "Skymningstimme".
Hammer price 
1 650 000 SEK
Estimate
1 500 000 - 2 000 000 SEK
192. Ola Billgren, "Dinu Lipatti".
192. Ola Billgren, "Dinu Lipatti".
Hammer price 
Unsold
Estimate
300 000 - 350 000 SEK

Contact:

Louise Wrede
Stockholm
Louise Wrede
Specialist Contemporary Art, Private Sales
+46 (0)739 40 08 19
Karin Aringer
Stockholm
Karin Aringer
Specialist Photographs and Contemporary Art
+46 (0)702 63 70 57