Oh my, oh my
The Exhibition Spaces on the 2nd Floor
08.08.—08.09.2024

Georg Óskar’s paintings are fictions based on common, even banal experiences from his daily life or from stories he has heard and im­mersed himself in. As these anec­dotes are unleashed in a direct­ness, often on large can­vases, what is personal and intro­verted is con­verted into something universal. For Óskar, painting is an activity filled with the energy of necessity; however, it is occasionally disrupted by uncer­tainty. The paintings depict events and emotions from our everyday lives that are so common­place we fail to notice them. Or it might be character traits that, while typical, we choose to ignore because they appear path­etic, yet here they are captured and accepted. By bringing the worldly onto the canvas, these elements are elevated while retaining their crookedness.

Óskar paints with quick, almost chaotic brush­strokes, continually striving for the moment when harmony arises. The anecdotes are transferred into colour and form. If something becomes too explicit, it is partially painted over. Text fragments appear as constituents of the works, just like a colour, a brushstroke, the title, a penis, a sun, an anecdote, a facial expression, a figure’s stance – they are all forms that are interrelated. If the text says too much, it must be removed, something else might need to be added.

Light and darkness are overarching themes. Opposites and extremes are often juxtaposed, which might result in a levelling effect – one element ironises another, softening or harden­ing it, functioning as a seasoning to balance out or spice it up, perhaps making the humour darker.

In his paintings, Óskar wishes to touch upon and encapsulate everyday and universal human experiences. What begins as particular real-life stories are processed until they reach a point where they are free and open enough to accom­modate the viewer’s own stories.

Text by Kristine Myklestad
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Documantation by Thomas Tveter

    

    
           
           BABTISM
           190 X 170 CM, 2024
           OIL AND ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
   
          
           THE SUN THAT NEVER SET
           175 X 150CM, 2024
           OIL AND ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
    

            DEATHMETAL
            160 X 180 CM, 2024
            OIL AND ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

               
           MIKKI THE CLOWN AND SKI JUMPING, 2024
               
   

           
          FINALLY I FEEL BETTER, I FEEL GOOD, FINALLY, 2024

 
       THE DISNEY DECLINE                         FUCK THE PAIN, 2024
      IT WAS JUST ALL MATTER OF TIME
      AND YOU KNOW IT , 2024