Viggo Mortensen
Robert Mann Gallery, New York
July 12 - August 23, 2002
An accomplished photographer, painter, poet and actor, VIGGO MORTENSEN never ceases to challenge his growth as an artist. Born in Manhattan in 1958 to an American mother and a Danish father, Viggo Mortensen's family moved often during his childhood. He continues to travel extensively, finding inspiration in locales ranging from California to New Zealand. Viggo Mortensen's lyrical artwork is the product of an intense personal contemplation and fascination with the world.
Viggo Mortensen's photographs reveal the vision of an artist who observes life carefully. Among his images are intimate portraits, haunting landscapes, and meditative studies of form and color. Finding beauty in unlikely places, Mortensen captures and preserves moments that would otherwise pass by unseen.
Viggo Mortensen's mixed media works are a densely layered amalgam of paint, fragments of photographs, scraps of cloth and paper, scrawled words and various found objects. These visual puzzles invite the viewer to unearth emotions and memories trapped beneath the surface.
During the course of his career, Viggo Mortensen has published several books of photographs, painting and poetry. Among these titles are 'Recent Forgeries' (Smart Art Press, 1998) and 'SignLanguage' (Smart Art Press, 2002). His most recent publications are 'Coincidence of Memory' (Perceval Press, 2002) and 'Hole In The Sun' (Perceval Press, 2002).
ROBERT MANN GALLERY
210 Eleventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001
