Torbjørn RØDLAND

Profile

Born in 1970 in Norway, Torbjørn Rødland studied Art, Photography and Cultural Studies. He has exhibited at the Venice Biennial; P.S.1, New York; MCA, Chicago. His work is purchased by numerous public and private collectors among which: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo; Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris; Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg. He has published two books with steidlMACK, the most recent titled I WANT TO LIVE INNOCENT.
http://www.steidlville.com/books/685-I-Want-to-Live-Innocent.html

About works / performance

Rødland's photographic images channel their motifs into a web of correlations, both substantive and mythological. They reveal a fascination for the ambiguity experienced by cultural and natural phenomena.

During his TWS-residency, Rødland worked on a portrait-project focusing on paint and other coloured liquids on human skin. He also did research on 'the Moe image' and on the links between 'kawaiiness' and Japanese sadomasochism.

An by-product of the TWS-residency is the book "A DAY IN THE LIFE OF - TORBJØRN RØDLAND", published by LIBRARYMAN, Stockholm, 2009.
http://artlabo.ocnk.net/product/1645