Igor Dremin:
Norway - Russia. Pilgrimage of the artist

The City Hall of Stavanger (Kingdom of Norway), the Kjell Pahr-Iversen Foundation, the Russian Academy of Arts with the support of the Amare Gallery, SpareBank and the Rogoland Country Council present Kiel Par-Iversen’s anniversary exhibition, Norway - Russia. Pilgrimage of the artist. "

For the first time in Russia, more than 70 works of easel painting and graphics by the famous Norwegian abstract artist were shown.

Kjel Par-Iversen is the leading artist in his hometown of Stavanger and one of the most significant representatives of modern abstraction in Norway. He was educated at the Academies of Fine Arts in Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands, adding to his work in the studios and art residences of Paris and Amsterdam.

Kjel Par-Iversen belongs to the second post-war generation of Norwegian artists who were influenced by the European avant-garde movement “Cobra”, the abstract painting of the “New Paris School” and the American line of abstract expressionism. Over sixty years of creative activity, he constantly turns to these main directions in the art of modernism of the middle of the 20th century. The international nature of its development and the variety of ways and methods of working with form, color and space determined the content and context on the basis of which Kjel Par-Iversen created his own language, artistic style and technique.