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ARTIST<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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JAKOB OJANEN<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Art at the Plaza<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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From the series \u201cThese Walls Don\u2019t Lie\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The artist Jakob Ojanen (b. 1980, V\u00e4ster\u00e5s) is a Swedish visual artist based in Stockholm. In the series These Walls Don\u2019t Lie he combines photo-based material with painting: photographs of worn wall surfaces are printed on canvas and reworked with vinyl paint \u2013 a method that plays with the boundary between documentation and painterly illusion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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  • Jakob Ojanen is interested in the abstract traces that arise in public spaces \u2013 painted over, erased, or weather-beaten surfaces where the image is reshaped over time. His works highlight these everyday \u201cpaintings\u201d and shift the viewer\u2019s perception of what is made and what is found.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    • Ojanen was educated at Konstfack (MFA) and pursued further studies as a project student at the Royal Institute of Art. He was born in V\u00e4ster\u00e5s and lives and works in Stockholm.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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      • The series These Walls Don\u2019t Lie is based on pigment prints on canvas, which Ojanen then continues to paint over with vinyl paint. The combination of photography and painting makes the surfaces initially appear purely painted, only to reveal their photographic base upon closer inspection.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        The works \u201cThese Walls Don\u2019t Lie\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        • The works in the series often appear as \u201cUntitled (These Walls Don\u2019t Lie)\u201d in varying formats, but with the same distinct materiality: pigment print and vinyl on canvas. The motifs are taken from walls in public space and highlight the unexpected closeness between found traces and abstract painting.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          ARTIST JAKOB OJANEN Art at the Plaza Ur serien – ”These Walls Don\u2019t Lie” Konstn\u00e4ren Jakob Ojanen (f. 1980, V\u00e4ster\u00e5s) 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