Olle Borg

Olle Borg, an artist from Sweden, received his education at Åke Pernby's painting school between 1982 and 1983 and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts between 1983 and 1988. He creates his artworks based on complex numerical series, and these paintings are constructed by applying multiple layers of paint. The colours he uses are sourced from Humbrol's colour range. Humbrol is best known for manufacturing paints for model building, often related to military equipment. These paints serve as ready-made shades intended to reflect the real-life colours of the objects that the models replicate.
Borg creates pictorial spaces with materialized qualities, where large and glossy surfaces give the impression that the paint has sunk in, creating a suggestive darkness. The colour palette is fundamentally distinct, but during the process of creating the images, it has gradually transitioned to become fluid and almost chameleon-like in its character.