Opening "Birldand" | GLR41
August 2022View Video
Ole Aakjær, "Like a Fish in Birdland" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
118" x 55"
Ole Aakjær, "Today the Answer is Yes" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
39.5" x 39.5"
Ole Aakjær, "Miss Ai Shu Zhing on Strange Adventures in Birdland"
Watercolour & ink on paper
39.5" x 39.5"
Ole Aakjær "The Devils Mistress EA 9/15" SOLD
Linocut
78.75" x 39.50"
Ole Aakjær, "Reality is subjective. Birds sing. These are facts. Let's dance" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
24" x 68"
Ole Aakjær, "The Masquerade Party" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
118" x 55"
Ole Aakjær, "Pleasure Pilot on New Adventures"
Watercolour & ink on paper
55" x 96.5"
Ole Aakjær, "Intelligence is just a fictional concept invented by misguided people. Birds are real" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper | 55" x 96.5"
Ole Aakjær "Musique De Chambre EA 6/15" SOLD
Linocut
68" x 34"
Ole Aakjær "Try Not To Think" Ed 6/6 SOLD
Linocut, mixed media
Ole Aakjær, "Fifty-Fifty, The One I Am" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
20" x 20"
Ole Aakjær, "My Perfect Mistake" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
85" x 55"
Ole Aakjær, "Julia the Labyrinth" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
50" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "Based on a True Scandal" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
85" x 55"
Ole Aakjær, "Fifty/Fifty. Birdland. This bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
20" x 20"
Ole Aakjær, "Fifty-Fifty, The Father" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
20" x 20"
Ole Aakjær, "Sophie is a Postulate" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær, "Birdland" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
85" x 55"
Ole Aakjær, "Note to Self" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
85.5" x 55"
Ole Aakjær, "The Brave and the Liberated" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
85" x 55"
Ole Aakjær, "Reclaiming Myself" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68h x 50"
Ole Aakjær, "Fifty-Fifty, Meeting" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
20" x 20"
Ole Aakjær, "Bird Rodeo" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
85.5" x 55"
Ole Aakjær, "Vertical Influencers Speaking Louder Than Twitter" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
55" x 96.5"
Ole Aakjær, "Fifty-Fifty The Night" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
20" x 20"
Ole Aakjær, "The Current Situation in Birdland"
Watercolour & ink on paper
85.5" x 55"
Ole Aakjær, "Fifty/Fifty. I'm The Only Bird in This Tree" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
20" x 20"
Ole Aakjær, "A Lipstick Situation" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
50" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "Standing Tall and Seeing Far"
Watercolour & ink on paper
118" x 55"
Ole Aakjær, "Everything is Nothing Without You" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
24" x 68"
Ole Aakjær, "Bird Contradicting the Majority" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 24"
Ole Aakjær "Mono 9/15" SOLD
Linocut
68" x 34"
Ole Aakjær (b. 1962) is a Danish watercolorist, internationally renowned for his highly graphic large-format works that celebrate the power of women. His distinct figurative paintings rely on bold colours and symbols to convey deep psychological empathy, while exploring the complexity and strength of their subjects. Aakjær portrays women as vulnerable yet empowered, sensual, fearless, seductive, and independent. Ornate ink work comes into play with tattoos often sprawled across the face, neck, shoulders, and upper body. Text and characters, inspired by music, literature, poetry, film, religion, psychology, and cartoons are painstakingly applied with ink and allude to the woman’s mysterious thoughts and feelings. Aakjær struggled as a sensitive, passionate child in search of stability and calm. He turned to drawing and painting as a source of comfort and escape.
In his exhibition “Birdland”, Ole Aakjær experiments with colours, with his imagery, and with his concept. “I wanted to add birds to every piece”, he says, “to see what happened, to see if I could better express myself through them”. With his singular goal being to weave the tapestry of his life through these portraits, Aakjær does not heed coherence and conclusion, declaring that “the bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song”. This is his calling; to tell his story through these intricate, bold, and colourful portraits of the women that populate his imagination and vehicle his story and ultimately his own song.
