Trygve Lie Gallery in New York and Global Art Associates presents the exhibition "Landscapes of the Light" - paintings by Petar Tale & Kåre Tveter, from September 9th to October 24th. Opening Reception Thursday September 9th, 6-8 pm.
By the time Tale settled in Norway in the late 1970s he had already gained a cosmopolitan understanding of the global art scene, which has reinforced all his subsequent creative endeavours. Before he arrived he had laid the foundations of a promising artistic career for himself, both in Europe and in New York and established invaluable international networks.
Tale was born in Montenegro on August 15, 1947. As a very young child he showed an exceptional aptitude for drawing and painting. In his later teens and as a young man he studied art and travelled widely in Europe - familiarizing himself with contemporary art trends. In the time honoured tradition of artist collectors, it was at this time he began his life-long passion for collecting art works, usually drawings and hand-made prints - his fervent interest in drawing has only increased over time. Naturally Tale was interested in the global centre of contemporary art of the time, New York - so he duly crossed the Atlantic to investigate for himself.
In 1976 Tale moved to Norway where he soon established an optimistic critical and financial response with his painting, culminating in a highly successful one-man show at Blomquist, one of the premier art-auction houses in Scandinavia. At this stage in his career Tale took stock and carefully considered his next steps. He decided that, above all, he wished to take control of his own future and have complete artistic independence. With this aim in mind he decided to take on the beautiful, yet practical house at Brogate 2 in Lillestrøm.
When the opportunity arose he asked Kåre Tveter, the Norwegian painter, to join him. They worked side be side - Tale on the ground floor, Tveter on the first, for many years - a generation apart, their inspiring professional relationship was based on mutual artistic respect and trust.
Throughout the '80s and '90s Tale chose to focus almost exclusively on the production of a body of work, which, including drawings, now numbers over 15,000 pieces. His oeuvre also contains, for example vast and distinguished canvases of over 5 metres long. Attracting renowned and well-respected collectors on both sides of the Atlantic, Tale's artistic reputation is assuredly advancing. A beautifully produced and lavishly illustrated book, The Art of Petar Tale was published in the spring of 2006.
Kåre Tveter is a painter of light. His canvas gently captures the structures of nature, nuances in the light's play above the woods, the fields, the bogs and the lakes of his beloved nature of eastern Norway, as well as the magnificent landscape of Svalbard with its dramatic changes of light.
Similar to the art of the impressionists, a specific motif is not the central element in Kåre Tveter's painting. The themes are sensed rather than seen. In the same way, the figurative elements often become traces or hints that are dissolved in or absorbed by the light, the space.
However, Kåre Tveter is not only a painter of light. He sees nature as a carrier of mystical powers beyond what is visual, seeking to give his work a tone of both the exterior and the interior landscape. His aim is not to give an objective reflection of nature, but to express his own emotions, his own inner landscape. The paintings are thus given an intimate, subjective dimension, which is where Kåre Tveter meets his audience." (Karin Hellandsjø, chief conservator).
Kåre Tveter was born on 25 January, 1922, in Sør-Odal. He was educated at the Academy of Art (Kunstakademiet), and tutored by the professors Per Krogh and Alexander Schultz. Kåre Tveter held his first exhibition as an individual in 1959 at the Young Artists' Society (Unge Kunstneres Samfunn) in Oslo. Subsequently, he has held exhibitions both in Norway and abroad. Among these have been:
1965: The American Scandinavian Society of New York, USA
1989: Grenen Museum, Denmark
1992: Hafnaborg, Iceland
1993: Nordens Hus, the Faroe Islands-
In 1995 Kåre Tveter donated 40 original works, which form the basis for the establishment of the Stiftelsen Kåre Tveter Samlingenfoundation in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. These pictures are now permanently exhibited in Gallery Svalbard. Due to illness, Kåre Tveter has sadly not been able to exercise his painting any longer.
Exhibition Hours: Mon-Thu 12-5pm; Fri-Sat 12-5pm; Sun 10am-5pm.