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MATRIX projectThese lithographic prints are based on structure drawings mostly done with ink and brushes on lithographic stones and printed singularly, and then several stones combined on Zerkall paper. The project took different directions during 4 months of experiments at the Danish Art Workshops, as individual prints or as organisations of prints mounted as an installation
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MATRIX installationExcerpt from the exhibition catalogue of the
International Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubjana, Slovenia 1999 By Jan Garff, Senior research curator, National Gallery of Denmark I must admit that personally I am of the opinion that innovation will often be found with the mature artist - based on many years of work with the medium and on untraditional experiments with its possibilities. Bjarne Werner Sørensen’s major work in the show, Matrix, consists of a total of 105 lithographic sheets in different shades of yellow. Matrix is mathematical elements in a rectangular arrangement into rows and columns, and this is also the principle - aesthetically interpreted -behind the presentation of Bjarne Werner Sørensen’s lithographic sheets. The system is flexible and can be adapted to local conditions. The individual position of the sheets may be changed from exhibition to exhibition. Although there is a mathematical limitation on the number of variations, the possibilities seem endless. The idea for the series was born spontaneously during the artist's work with lithographic prints originally intended as monochrome single sheets. Suddenly he felt like combining prints from two lithographic stones on the same sheet in order to try out the effect, and the result was a quite systematic coupling of selected prints. He chose yellow and shades of orange, ochre and lemon because he aimed at a high intensity of color and a limited contrast. As he says himself: "This suggested to me a paradox of uniformity and individuality". |
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LayoutLExcerpt from the exhibition catalogue of the
International Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubjana, Slovenia 1999 I must admit that personally I am of the opinion that innovation will often be found with the mature artist - based on many years of work with the medium and on untraditional experiments with its possibilities. Bjarne Werner Sørensen’s major work in the show, Matrix, consists of a total of 105 lithographic sheets in different shades of yellow. Matrix is mathematical elements in a rectangular arrangement into rows and columns, and this is also the principle - aesthetically interpreted -behind the presentation of Bjarne Werner Sørensen’s lithographic sheets. The system is flexible and can be adapted to local conditions. The individual position of the sheets may be changed from exhibition to exhibition. Although there is a mathematical limitation on the number of variations, the possibilities seem endless. The idea for the series was born spontaneously during the artist's work with lithographic prints originally intended as monochrome single sheets. Suddenly he felt like combining prints from two lithographic stones on the same sheet in order to try out the effect, and the result was a quite systematic coupling of selected prints. He chose yellow and shades of orange, ochre and lemon because he aimed at a high intensity of color and a limited contrast. As he says himself: "This suggested to me a paradox of uniformity and individuality".
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