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Christopher Orr
Christopher Orr
All We Need is the Air that we Breathe 2004
Courtesy Ibid Projects, London and Vilnius Collection of Magnus Edensvard
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Christopher Orr's small, tightly painted canvasses create imaginary
worlds where the outmoded convene. Often depicting Romantic
landscapes reminiscent of those by Caspar David Friedrich and
JMW Turner, Orr's paintings are peopled by a strange assortment
of figures that have been recycled from other sources.
Pillaging images from old National Geographic magazines, children's
books, wildlife handbooks and photographs taken from newspapers,
Orr always keeps his figures the same size as they were originally found,
endowing second-hand imagery with a magic realism.
Biography
Born in 1967 in Helensburgh, Scotland
2001–2003 Royal College of Art, London
1996–2000 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee
Selected Solo Exhibitions
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2005
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Sister Gallery, Los Angeles
Before and After Science, Arndt & Partner, Berlin
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2004
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Of Both Worlds, IBID Projects, London
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2003
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Future Natural, Cohan Leslie and Browne, New York
In Between Days, IBID Projects, London
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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2005
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Fabriques du Sublime, Centre d'art Contemporain, Noisy-le-Sec, France
( … ) The Duck Was Still Alive, Centre d'art Contemporain, Meymac, France
Ideal Worlds: Romanticism in Contemporary Art, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
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2003
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I Want, I Want, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
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Lives and works in London
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