Art Is Spectrum
Article from Art Is Spectrum
New York 2008
Danish artist Rahbek's bold acrylics on canvas employ visual cues from
advertising and the media to produce a new kind of Pop art relevant to
the post-Pop culture. Graphic elements and typography intermix with a
fluorescent spectrum of colors in an explosion of powerful, sometimes
political, and often humorous imagery. Rahbek's stencil like subjects,
typically rendered flatly across the canvas, bleed drips of paint down
the surface of the work. This immediacy of composition, therefore,
causes the works to take on a street-art appearance, as though they were
hurriedly spray painted across a wall. Viewers, then, become implicit
in the act, taking on the role of accomplice to Rahbek's perpetrator. In
this sense, Rahbek's paintings become more than simply aesthetic
objects, but interactive and entertaining experiences for audiences to
enjoy. Rather than intimidating the viewer with conceptual ideals.
With
more than 10 years experience as an Art Director at an independent
advertising agency in Copenhagen, it is not surprising that Rahbek's
visual lexicon borrows from familiar imagery and verbiage used in
everyday advertising. Rahbek lives and works in Denmark and is included
in the Race Against Breast Cancer collection.
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