Morten Andersen paintings

Posted by Carruthers in Arts & Crafts on January 7, 2008 at 9:44 pm


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Morten Andersen is a Danish artist. He paints large, vividly colored and extravagantly detailed abstracts that sometimes look like a mess of graffiti and at other times approach the sublime subtlety of a Turner.

I’d link to his paintings directly, but although he has made himself a nice site he makes the mistake so many artists do and utilizes pop-up windows and other gimmicks. (When will they ever learn…?)


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10 comments to "Morten Andersen paintings"

  1. VonSkippy
    January 7th, 2008 at 11:09 pm

    As any Uni student will tell you, you can't get vomit stains like that out, you just have to toss the shirt and get a new one.

  2. Jake D.
    January 8th, 2008 at 12:39 am

    I've never been a fan of abstract art, as I've never had an eye for it, but that piece posted is magnificent. It's one of the first times I've created a scene from art like that. On the picture posted I see a skyline, like a township on a hilly area. It's really cool.

    And the one in the link... it seems like a few people boating out into darkness.

  3. Alex
    January 8th, 2008 at 1:12 am

    Hey! I did that when I was a small boy but they said not to draw outside the line :)

  4. Eric Drummond Smith
    January 8th, 2008 at 1:34 am

    Absolutely beautiful. Abstract expressionism as it was always meant to be.

  5. matt
    January 8th, 2008 at 9:23 am

    My two cents? it's more horseshit hotel giclee-bound abstraction. the mentioning of a Turner similarity actually has me a bit fuming. The color palette on some pieces might be similar, but the brush work and layering - the actual pushing of paint is quite different. grrrr.

  6. matt
    January 8th, 2008 at 9:24 am

    My two cents? it's more horse$hit hotel giclee-bound abstraction. the mentioning of a Turner similarity actually has me a bit fuming. The color palette on some pieces might be similar, but the brush work and layering - the actual pushing of paint is quite different. grrrr.

  7. Carruthers
    January 8th, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    Matt: I did say "...approach the subtlety of a Turner.."
    To me one of the fundamental appeals of abstract art is the way it allows the viewer to make their own interpretations. And good abstract art rewards the viewer with continual reinterpretation.
    Andersen's paintings are busy, detailed, vivid and to me at least show a mastery of composition and color that you don't see in "horseshit hotel giclee-bound abstraction". I agree about the brushwork technique, but various paintings did evoke Turner to me in their dramatic use of color.

  8. matt
    January 8th, 2008 at 1:23 pm

    As crass as my post sounded, I hope I didn't come off like some raving artist-hate-mongerer. I just tend to get rather opinionated when art discussions come up here, and I honestly think the work is very poor (and I happen to adore Turner). But as we've both said, the beauty of it all is the subjective experience we can all draw. Poe-tay-toe, Poe-tah-toe.

  9. Sid Morrison
    January 8th, 2008 at 3:30 pm

    I had a humorous putdown in mind for this piece of krap, but VonSkippy's is better.

  10. Ralph
    January 8th, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    Morten Anderson? I thought he was the place-kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs a couple of years ago.


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