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6/11/2003

Børre Sæthre

Quarantine Series, Amsterdam

Combining the talents of the architect, the interior designer and the set dresser, the Norwegian artist Børre Sæthre creates super-styled spaces that lead you into the world of the jet-set: airport lounges, hotel lobby¹s and executive waiting rooms. Spaces with lusciously inviting lounge chairs, a bottle of Chardonnay always witin reach, feet nestled in plush lilac carpet, head in the clouds. Welcome to the life of Luxury, Lust and Pleasure!

Børre Sæthre is interested in the idea of the exclusive room, "the lounge" as a space of privilege and luxurious excess. In 1996, he launched LUSTLUX, the registered trademark under which his spacial environments (incorporating walls, furniture, light, sound, and different props) are produced. The LUSTLUX-installations echo the kind of retro-futuristic design found in style magazines or classic James Bond-movies: saturated with seduction, eroticism and hidden desires, oozing sex & power. However, as usual, these dreamlike settings are always a little bit too perfect. It¹s the kind of glamour that simultaneously seduces and unsettles. In the end, you realize this Glamorama-world is only a empty décor, leaving you lonely and powerless.

In the image: Module for Mood, Børre Sæthre, 2000.

Especially for Quarantine Series, Børre Sæthre will create a new installation, titled Catch me and let me die wonderful (selected memories: fragments, sketches and ideas from the LUSTLUX-years). The installation is part of an ongoing 'retrospective' project and consists of several elements from his large-scale projects in the LUSTLUX-series.

Børre Sæthre studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo (1992-1998); participated at International Study Program (ISP) in New York (1999-2000) and was a resident at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlijn (2001-2002). His work has been included in international group shows in a.o. Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Cool Places, 1998), Musée d¹ Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (Nuit Blanche, 1998) and Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City (We are all sinners, 2002). He has had solo exhibitions at Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo (2001), Thread Waxing Space, New York (2000) and Statements, Art Basel (2000). Sæthre is represented by Galleri Wang in Oslo.

Quarantine Series
Rietlandpark 375
1019 EM Amsterdam
tel. + 31 (0)20 4193851

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