Kristian Touborg

Born 1987, Denmark

Lives and works in Copenhagen, DK

Danish artist Kristian Touborg has epitomised a new kind of subjectivity in painting, pairing intimacy and playfulness with art historical references and new technologies. His works are anchored in the dreamy and seductive authenticity that onlymaterials processed by the human hand can hold. Expanding on meditations on modern image ecology, Touborg has con-structed a range of two- and three-dimensional works, which defy categorisation of a specific medium, by applying a mix- ture of painterly gestures led by spontaneous brushstrokes of vivid oil paint in combination with the use of industriallytreated materials and digitally printed surfaces. Collage techniques are then used to construct the textural fragments on the canvases. In demonstrating a profound interest in new media and technology, Touborg creates imagined archaeo- logical items from a near-future society. In his practice, hetakes a firm stand for the analogue in a world which is overly saturated with digital imagery. Hovering between subtle, often abstract references to the figure and detailed portrayal, the paintings give voice to a personal narrative where private components and dreamlike sensations coalesce.

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