RUDKØBING, LANGELAND

Hans Kjær er født I 1943 i Osted ved Lejre og flyttede midt i 70’erne til Langeland. Han er autodidakt.
Debut for 59 år siden på KE den Frie København og har arbejdet med at lave kunst lige siden.

Hans Kjærs arbejdsområder er maleri, skulptur, blandform og udsmykningsopgaver. Han startede med at tegne og male naturalistisk, men blev i 1970’erne interesseret i dadaismen og begyndte at lave collager og assemblager.

Fund fra strandture på Langeland gav han helt nyt liv ved at sætte dem ind i  andre sammenhænge, og alt kan finde sin anvendelse i helt nye former og figurer eller som del af et værk.

Hans Kjær udfører ofte udsmykningsprojekter sammen med børn, og hans arbejdsmetode går vældig godt i spænd med børnene uhøjtidelige adgang til kunst. Han har lavet udsmykninger på flere skoler, bl.a. på Langeland, og han arbejder sammen med børn i Ghana.

Inspiration til disse nye værker, som er bemalet træ, har jeg dels fra Afrika og dels fra fantasiens verden. Jeg har i mange år arbejdet med skytshelgener i forskellig udformning og jeg tror på at mange af os har brug for en eller flere af disse.

RUDKØBING, LANGELAND

Hans Kjær was born in 1943 in Osted near Lejre and moved to Langeland in the mid-70s. He is self-taught.
He made his debut 59 years ago at KE den Frie København and has been working with art ever since.

Hans Kjær’s areas of work are painting, sculpture, mixed form and decoration tasks. He started out drawing and painting naturalistically, but in the 1970s he became interested in Dadaism and began to make collages and assemblages.

He gave finds from beach trips on Langeland a whole new life by placing them in other contexts, and everything can find its use in completely new forms and figures or as part of a work.

Hans Kjær often carries out decoration projects with children, and his working method goes very well with the children’s unpretentious access to art. He has made decorations at several schools, including on Langeland, and he works with children in Ghana.

Inspiration for these new works, which are painted wood, I have partly from Africa and partly from the world of imagination. For many years, I have worked with patron saints in different forms, and I believe that many of us need one or more of these.
Inspiration for these new works, which are painted wood, I have partly from Africa and partly from the world of imagination. For many years, I have worked with patron saints in different forms, and I believe that many of us need one or more of these.