New prints by Bjørn Båsen
With Bjørn Båsen's extensive solo exhibition at Nitja center for contemporary art "Mythos", we are launching two new screen prints by Båsen. These can be bought online and in the gallery.
The works are printed by the artist himself at the Fellesverkstedet print shop in Oslo. The technique is screen printing in stochastic rasters, a technique with small dots in several layers of colors that is usually known and used in newspaper printing.
Bjørn Båsen (b. 1981, Eggedal, Norway) has a BA from The Arts Institute at Bournemouth and an MA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Båsen’s works invite the spectator into a whole new world. His skillful perspectives make one feel as though you could take a leap and fall into his illusion of a blissful wonderland. However, in his world of porcelain puzzles, cracks are always present and propped with references to deep and often dark matters. Båsen’s oeuvre is filled with references to mythology, past and present decadence – the fairytales of former glory meet the realism of today.
His work is included in the collection of the Astrup Fearnley Museum, KODE Art Museum, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Equinor, DNB as well as numerous private collections nationally and abroad.