OSCAR JUUL-SØRENSEN IS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST, BORN IN DENMARK IN 1989. HE STARTED PAINTING WITH OIL AT THE AGE OF 19, LATER MOVING TO THE NETHERLANDS IN PURSUIT OF AN ART EDUCATION. HE GRADUATED FROM KABK, ROYAL ACADEMY OF ART.
THE ARTIST’S WORK PRESENTS CONTRAST, EVOKING SCENES WHERE EMOTIONS RUN HIGH AND LOVE AND HATE EXIST SIMULTANEOUSLY AND FRICTIOUSLY. THE AUDIENCE IS INVITED TO OBSERVE HIS FASCINATION WITH TRIVIALITY AND MAKING VISIBLE THE CRACKS IN IDYLLIC MUNDANITY:
“FUCK THE HALLMARK GREETING CARDS AND THE CRAVING FOR PICTURESQUE LIFE. FACADES ARE MEANT TO BE DEALT WITH AND BROKEN DOWN. DAILY ENCOUNTERS, FRUSTRATION AND PASSION — BIG MOCKTAIL OF LIFE — WHAT IS TRUE? WHAT IS FALSE? WHERE DO I STAND AND WHERE DO I FALL? PERSEVERANCE HELD UP BY PERSUASION OF THE SUPEREGO. THE PAINTING IS TO BE BEATEN. IT IS ALWAYS A FIGHT WITH THE MEDIUM, AND I HAVE TO DISCOVER SOMETHING — A LIE OR A TRUTH WITHIN — BEFORE STOPPING.”