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Per Brahe
Born in Aarhus, Denmark (1952), Per Brahe, by age sixteen, was the youngest gallery owner in the country. His work in the theater on many fronts ultimately led him to develop his skills in painting. His first exhibition, in Randers, was a success and in turn was the beginning of his being able to support himself by selling his paintings. The years’-long experience of Bali, friendship with its preeminent artists, learning to know Bali’s unique sense of spirituality and, specifically, its magical world of painting and mask making can now be perceived, as they are integrated in the abstract nature of his work.

Finn Fons
Born in the Danish countryside of Fyn (Funen), Finn Fons finished college with a degree in business, followed by two years studying Asian and Far East cultures. These travels took him to Iran, Afghanistan, India and China. During that time, he developed an interest in photography, and at age 23 he started studying commercial photography in Denmark; he received his degree in 1985. Successful side projects, while studying, included a documentary From the Western Sahara and a documentary on the life of British coalmine workers. He has been a freelance photographer living in New York since 1986, working as a photojournalist and documentarian.

Elisa Jensen
Elisa Jensen graduated from Smith College, and studied painting at the New York Studio School, where she currently teaches. Wanting the viewer to look harder than normal in order to experience some of the emotional charge that comes from reconciling the disconnect between what the mind thinks is there and what the eyes actually see, Elisa Jensen draws us into her fascination with the world around us. She is interested in the intersection of people and the landscape in which they live. She shows the two are the interwoven parts of an animate/inanimate, single cloth, inseparable in form and one in spirit.

Poul Lange
Using objects of no apparent value that have been abandoned or loose things ‘lying around’, discarded and fractured things of various ages and disparate heritages, Poul Lange in his collages brings them to life, inventing for them a witty new context. These improvisations lead us, preoccupied as we may be, to seeing the fascinating juxtapositions which confront us in daily life. His pieces, “The Ukulele Ladies”, reflect his newfound love for this minute instrument. Wooden fragments and stretched gut strings highlight their beauty and fragility. Pairing the ukulele remnants with female portraits, he encourages us to imagine the Hawaiian women who once made music with these instruments.

Tine Lundsfryd
In her paintings, Tine Lundsfryd works with intensely compact structures, consisting of a grid with equally spaced vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines. Within the structures created, geometric shapes, abstract symbols and ornaments are placed tightly together and combined to build a distinct abstract environment. Her aim is to disperse loci of interest through the painting, so the viewer will encounter no hierarchical center, but variously distributed focal points. This is accomplished through subtle movements developed in depth on the picture plane. A cluster of shapes, a color sensation or a line can play a part in drawing attention to all aspects of the entire canvas.

Henrik Rehr
Rehr is well-known for the daily newspaper strip, Ferd’nand, which he did for 18 years. Ferd’nand was published in more than 100 newspapers worldwide. He has worked as an artist, graphic novelist and cartoonist since 1985. Born in Hans Christian Andersen’s birthplace, Odense, (1964); he has seen and experienced much since. His Tribeca Sunset, which Time Magazine called ‘profound and moving’, reflects his reaction to 9/11 as a resident of Downtown Manhattan. The works in this show are taken from his two latest graphic novels, Tribute and Swim!. Done in pen and ink, then scanned into the computer and finished digitally, the pieces combine old craft with new technology.