Galleri Bo Bjerggaard (DK)

Galleri Bo Bjerggaard was founded in 1999 and moved to its current location in the Meat Packing District in 2007. The gallery represents established international artists based around a core focus on the most important Danish painters of the current and recent generations. The gallery regularly participates in international fairs including the Armory and Art Cologne, and runs Ekely, a shop with prints, editions, books and ceramics by gallery artists and special projects by invited guests.

Curated for
CHART

For CHART 2024, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard will present a booth that delves into the art of staging. Artists consistently contemplate composition and subject matter in their works, crafting a visual narrative that establishes a connection between the viewer and the artwork. The presentation will include artworks by: Ivan Andersen, Anna Bjerger, Emily Gernild, Per Bak Jensen, Tal R, Eva Schlegel, Erwin Wurm, Janaina Tschäpe, Peter Linde Busk, Jockum Nordström and John Kørner.

Ivan Andersen, Beton 1, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard

Tal R, Old, Buck and Statue, 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard

Per Bak Jensen, Gardin, 2012. Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard

John Kørner, Problem, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard

Eva Schlegel, Untitled 092. Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard

Janaiana Tschäpe, Colorfield Drawing VI, 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard

Anna Bjerger, Table, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard

Jockum Nordström (SE)

Swedish artist Jockum Nordström creates delicate and elegant works that include collages, watercolors, graphite drawings, and architectural sculptures. His pieces often convey an improvisational and spontaneous feel but are densely detailed, resembling storyboards frozen in time. Nordström’s work features eclectic, fantastical environments populated with characters, animals, and objects of varying scales, crafted in a style reminiscent of comic books and filmstrips.

Jockum Nordström (b. 1963, Stockholm; SE) lives and works in Stockholm. Work by the artist is represented in museum collections that include Centre Pompidou (Paris; FR), Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland; US); Göteborgs Konstmuseum (Gothenburg; SE); Hammer Museum (Los Angeles; US); Moderna Museet (Stockholm; SE) and The Museum of Modern Art (New York; US).

Oboe

Mixed Media
2024

Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard

 

Cat Dog Cat

Watercolour and pencil on paper
2016

Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard

 

Samma spelbord, samma mynt

Mixed media
2019

Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard

 

Anna Bjerger (SE)

Anna Bjerger’s paintings draw from an extensive archive of images she has collected from sources such as out-of-print books, travel brochures and vintage magazines and catalogues. In this ongoing endeavour, she is immersed in ‘rescuing images from history’. Seemingly mundane photographic moments are elevated through her careful selection and re-presentation, while the luminosity of the oil applied to the smooth aluminium surfaces upon which she paints delights the eye. The anonymity of these incongruent and haunting images—landscapes, figures, animals—is freeing, wherein the subject matter of her work becomes solely centred on painting as an emotive act, capturing and/or enhancing a subtle mood or sensuality. Critic Francesca Astesani is prompted to ask when considering the sensitivities inherent in Bjerger’s paintings, ‘How can an image be given the coolness of water, the softness of wool, the silence of a starry night?’

Swedish artist Anna Bjerger (Skallsjö, 1973) lives and works in Småland. She received her BA in Fine Art from Central St. Martins School of Art and Design, London (1997) and her MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London (2001). Her work is in collections including Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), Copenhagen; and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; among others.

Tracks

Oil on aluminium
2015

Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard

 

Landscape

Oil on aluminium
2017

Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard

 

Rococo

Oil on aluminium
2019

Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard

 

Drift

Oil on aluminium
2019

Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard

 

Nightfall

Oil on aluminium
2020

Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard

 

Galleri Bo Bjerggaard in the Meatpacking District in Copenhagen

Courtesy of Galleri Bo Bjerggaard