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John Kørner

JOHN KØRNER

Water Running Results Patricia Low Contemporary 19 August–30 September 2023 Gstaad
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Patricia Low Contemporary is delighted to present an exhibition of new paintings by Danish multidisciplinary artist John Kørner, opening on the 19th of August in Gstaad. Made expressly for the exhibition, and corresponding to the Alpine location of the gallery, the paintings are exclusively of mountain landscapes. Melding abstraction and figuration, and working from a combination of memory and photographs, the new works picture glaciers flowing between mountains heaped on top of one another in alluring colours and compositions. Kørner, whose lushly painted and seductive canvases interrogate systems of exchange and consumption through seemingly innocuous items like pre-packaged fruit or sneakers, focuses on mountains as containers for contemporary issues, not least climate change.

As such, water is the proper subject of the paintings, and the melting of the glaciers is reflected in Kørner’s technique of pouring water on flat painted canvases and leaving it to run the course from top to bottom, forging these glacial landscapes with their particular sense of movement and dynamism. Colour is used to evoke rather than concretely establish a location: yellows, oranges, and deep greens in Murano glass shades offset the brutal white of the mountain world, making it glint. The result is dreamlike, ringing with beauty but cut, too, with unease.

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About the Artist

John Kørner was born in 1967 in Aarhus, Denmark, and graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1998. He lives and works in Copenhagen. Themes of labor, economy, and ecology run throughout Kørner’s paintings; ideas of conservation and expenditure, productivity and consumption, power and depletion are performatively engaged through his efficient and spontaneous style. Kørner’s dream-like scenes are loosely informed by European traditions, ranging from Orientalism, Post-Impressionism to Surrealism and Primitivism. His images resonate with psychological fluidity, while his ultra pure colors are charged with a vibrancy that heightens the artificiality of his dramatic spatial constructions. His works are widely exhibited internationally and have been featured at museums such as Hamburger Bahnhof, Tate Modern, and Moderna Museet.

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About the Gallery

Established in Gstaad, Switzerland in 2005, Patricia Low Contemporary is one of the main destinations for contemporary art in the famed Alpine resort. With 20 years of exhibition practice and having held around 100 shows in Gstaad (the shows in Geneva and St. Moritz outposts not included), Patricia Low has been central to putting it on the contemporary art map.

The focus is primarily on introducing the most prominent international artists to our audience, with an emphasis on the legacies of Neue Wilde, Contemporary German Painting, Young British Art, Contemporary Photography, Post-Feminism, and Pop as well as putting together historic exhibitions featuring works from the secondary market.

Patricia Low has built strong relationships with the international artists she represents or has invited to show in the Swiss Alps, among them established practitioners like Jonathan Meese, Katharina Sieverding, Herbert Brandl, Peter Halley and Gilbert & George as well as rising artists like Richard Kennedy, Anouk Lamm Anouk and Brian Rochefort.

On April 1st, 2023, Patricia Low Venezia has opened its doors on Canale Grande with a solo exhibition by L.A. based artist Amy Bessone.
Ideally situated in Dorsoduro, Venice’s museum quartier, the XVI century palazzo is adjacent to Ca Rezzonico and directly across Palazzo Grassi. Becoming part of the fabric of this city feels like a privilege to Patricia and opens a new chapter for her gallery.

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Promenade 55
Gstaad
Switzerland
Opening Hours
Tuesday–Thursday: 1pm–6.30pm
Friday, Saturday: 10am–7.30pm
Sunday: 3pm–6.30pm
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Gstaad Promenade 55
Patricia Low Contemporary contemporary art gallery in Gstaad Switzerland
Patricia Low Contemporary
Promenade 55, Gstaad, Switzerland
http://www.patricialow.com

Opening hours
Tuesday–Thursday: 1pm–6.30pm
Friday, Saturday: 10am–7.30pm
Sunday: 3pm–6.30pm
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