30.03 - 30. 05.2024

Nordic Contemporary Art Center, Xiamen China - ART IN SOCAL SPACE

Claus Ørntoft, along with 11 other Scandinavian artists, has been invited to participate in the exhibition "Art in the Social Space," curated by artist Tine Hecht-Pedersen and Dr. Phil Else Marie Bukdahl in collaboration with Lan Lan, curator of the Nordic Contemporary Art Center. The exhibition is a cultural event aimed at promoting the exchange between Nordic and Chinese culture and art.

THE LION - CONNECTION BETWEEN CHINA AND DENMARK - Claus Ørntoft

"For the exhibition in Xiamen, I focus on large-format drawings, as expressions in themselves. I delve into volume and try to create tension in a single stroke. I am in the process of creating drawings that develop in a cohesive movement. The lion has fascinated me for years as a metaphor. The lion represents the forces of chaos, but also the constructive forces. In China, this creature also holds a significant place in people's consciousness, with many symbolic properties. Something we have taken up in our culture, also in our religion - where the Romanesque stonemasons and their narratives have always fascinated me. They also used the animal - not as an anatomical account, but as a narrative, including the lion in countless variations. The connection between China and Denmark, through the shared human metaphors, is something I will work with in my part of the exhibition in Xiamen." . Excerpt from C.Ø.'s project description.

VRAA EXHIBITION 2022


Claus Ørntoft deltager med:

Å-væsen

Jeg tror på den direkte fortælling, hvor jeg ofte bruger dyret som katalysator. I mine arbejder er jeg optaget af sindbilledet og går ikke efter hovedet, men efter Solar Plexus. Min ambition er at ramme beskueren før vedkommende når at få paraderne op.
Jeg tror på at man i det før-sproglige punkt, er i et almenmenneskelig rum, hvor vi alle eksistensielt er i samme båd.

Bronzeskulpturen er forarbejde til en skulptur der er tænkt ind i en helhedsbearbejdning af Øster Å i Aalborg.  Ude i åen vil et stort skulpturelt væsen stå ind i sig selv - direkte på bunden og op imod strømmen. I min tanke bliver den sin egen mytologi og skal holde hele kompositionen i en ulmende energi.

”Å-væsen” -  2021 -  Bronze - L 25cm x H 15,5cm x B 14cm

CORNER EXHIBITION, SOPHIENHOLM, DK 18.03 - 18.04 2022


Claus Ørntoft deltager i udstillingen

CORNER 90 ÅR. HJØRNELANDSKABET
18. MARTS - 18. APRIL 2022

SOPHIENHOLM, Nybrovej 401, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby

Officiel åbning 18/3 kl. 14.00
Udstillingen er åben tirsdag-fredag kl. 11-20, lørdag-søndag 11-17

WWW.CORNER.DK - WWW.SOPHIENHOLM.DK

ANIMALS - KUNSTBYGNINGEN VRÅ, DK 04.09 - 14.11 2021


UDDENSKULPTUR 2020 - HUNNEBOSTRAND, SWEDEN


CLAUS ØRNTOFT PARTICIPATES WITH THE WORKS:

MOON ANIMAL
Courtesy of Brønderslev Gymnasium

 

TWO BEASTS
Courtesy of Aabenraa Municipality

LION FOR HOSPICE
Courtesy of Hospice Djursland

PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION ON 27TH JUNE

From the 4. April til 4. june 2018, The exhibition "Two Stations" Nordic Contemporary Art Exhibition in Xiamen, China. Claus Ørntoft will at this exhibition show sketches in two – or three dimensions; which are the starting point for his public commissions.
 

THREE LIONS AND NINE HEARTS, PROCESS


Skagen Odden Nature Center, 13. July - 29. August 2014

THE QUEEN'S LIONS, VRÅ ART GALLERY


26. May - 28. July 2013, The exhibition shows the working process from the initial sketches on paper and in clay to the impressive 1:1 models

PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING

THE QUEEN'S LION'S, AARHUS TOWN HALL


17. January til 2. February. The exhibition shows the working process from the initial sketches on paper and in clay to the impressive 1:1 models

THREE LIONS AND NINE HEARTS, THE AMALIENBORG MUSEUM


3. November 2012 - 1. January 2013. The lions were a gift that the Queen requested for her birthday and were unveiled in Marselisborg Palace park on 26 October 2012. The exhibition shows the working process from the initial sketches on paper and in clay to the impressive 1:1 models. The 26 lithographic sketches of the work and printed at The Print Workshop in Hjørring will also be on display, together with a book with a granite cover containing the original lithographies that were also presented to the Queen. 

SCULPTURE BY THE SEA 2011, ÅRHUS


Introverted Stranding II

SCULPTURPARK, HUNNEBOSTRAND, SVERIGE


9. July til 30. September 2011 - Introverted Stranding II and Turned

HIRTSHALS LIGHT HOUSE


August 2011, group exhibition Claus Ørntoft and Marit Benthe Norheim 

VRAA EXHIBITION 2010


Plaster models and sketches, Outlook, Farum Marina

DANISH-NORWEGIAN ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION


Bærums verk, Norway 2010 

CORNER EXHIBITION


Charlottenborg, 2009

KULTURDUGNAD, SLETNESS LIGHT HOUSE


Gamvik, finnmark, Norway, 2009 - group exhibition with Marit Benthe Norheim

CORNER EXHIBITION


Charlottenborg, 2004-2005

RETROSPEKTIV


Koldinghus, 2004

RETROSPEKTIV


Vendsyssel kunstmuseum, Hjørring, 2004

ØRNTOFT OG NORHEIM, "BANEGÅRDEN"


Aabenraa, 2001