Jørgen Dobloug

Jørgen Dobloug born 1945, died 2018. Jørgen Dobloug is an important artist in the Norwegian context, an artist who traveled out of the country to escape what he calls a rigid art school system, in order to find his way.

Dobloug has previously had an active exhibition practice, both domestically and internationally.

In the early 1970s, the young, aspiring Jørgen Dobloug applied to the Statens Kunstakademi in Oslo, but was not accepted because he couldn't draw. Or rather, he couldn't draw realistically or anatomically correctly, which was still one of the admission requirements at the time. However, Dobloug did not let this deter him; he left Norway and enrolled at the art academy in Düsseldorf. In Joseph Beuys' class for monumental sculpture, the young artist began a seven-year-long study in the encounter between art and life—a journey that, according to Dobloug himself, still continues.

Why is Jørgen Dobloug interesting?

Dobloug's works range from strict geometric paintings, including grid patterns, to playful paintings executed with rough, almost expressive strokes. There is also a conceptual aspect to his artistic practice, although this is not the dominant element in his works.