Bjarne Melgaard (b. Sydney 1967)
Untitled, 2006. Signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 200×300 cm.
Provenance: Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen.
At first glance, Bjarne Melgaard's works seem confusing and messy, but to Melgaard himself, the works are a form of signature: “Well, the words on my drawings and paintings also function as a kind of 'signature' or a 'tag'. As for 'self-revelations' sometimes I do want to appear as 'nothing more to lose' but just as much as 'nothing can ever be lost'. People always think you 'tell it all' because they have no imagination of their own, that it can be much more than they ever imagine behind a word or an action. I will never reveal my secrets because I believe that a person without any secrets is like a poster and I don't think art is a place either to do this or articulate things in such a way. In general, it's always more interesting to find out what people choose not to say than what they want to nag about” (BUTT Magazine, Summer 2006).
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