Leonard Rickhard

Leonard Rickhard Paintings - Arnoldsche Art Publishers

Hardback (05 Nov 2012) | English,German,Norwegian

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Publisher's Synopsis

Leonhard Rickhard is an outstanding representative of Norwegian contemporary art. Owing to his unique vision and narrative techniques, he has revitalised painting as a means of artistic expression. In his conceptual paintings he portrays a fragmented and often enigmatic reality, inviting the viewer to discover and reconstruct his pictorial narrative. Rickhard's universe of motifs and figures can be traced back to the 1970s: birch forests, building sites and heaps of machinery are combined with finely detailed depictions of machine parts and fragments of models. His narrative picture sequences are often populated by melancholy and contemplative human figures. Rickhard has constantly questioned, challenged and recontextualised this pictorial universe. His artistic works occupy a unique position in Norwegian art, precisely because of their uncompromising reworking of recurring motifs. His paintings appear as solid and monumental constructions, which at the same time reveal a fundamental complexity, restlessness and vulnerability. The combination of conceptual strategies and formal aspects is one of the most significant strengths of his artistic oeuvre in the variegated field of contemporary art.

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Book information

ISBN: 9783897903722
Publisher: Arnoldsche
Imprint: Arnoldsche
Pub date:
DEWEY: 759.81
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English,German,Norwegian
Number of pages: 311
Weight: 2220g
Height: 305mm
Width: 248mm
Spine width: 28mm