lars - gunnar nordström       originalgraphic 1987 portfolio "five constructivists" size 30x30 cm	( born 1924 in helsinki ) studies: the central school of industrial arts, 1946-49. participated in group exhibitions in finland since 1947one-man shows in finland: helsinki 1949, ' 52, ' 55, ' 70 ; ( aamos anderson art museum ) 1972, '1974, ' 75, ' 76, ' 77; mariehamn, 1966; turku, 1971; karjaa, 1976; helsinki art exhibition hall, "artist of the year ", retrospective exhibition, 1983.one-man shows abroad: copenhagen, 1966, ' 77; stockholm, 1966, ' 67; ' 76; lund, 1966; denver, colo, 1968; malmö, 1975. group exhibitions abroad: copenhagen, 1949, ' 75, ' 76; bergen, 1953; gothenburg, 1953, ' 57, ' 66; oslo, 1954; new york, 1958, ' 59; paris, 1951; stockholm, 1953, ' 66, ' 74 ( constructivist-74, moderna museet ) lund,1957, ' 66; bremen, lübeck, fulda,essen, berlin, 1961; legnano, milan, louisiana museum, denmark, 1969; the biennial of the baltic countries, rostock, gdr, 1971;facettesde finlande, paris, 1975-76; moscow, 1975; biennial of graphic art, florence 1976; västeras, 1977.public works: wall paintings in pori, 1953; lahti, 1954; turku, 1955; colour intarsia, 1956; m/s gripsholm, tile mosaic, 1956, helsinki building center, glass mosaics, 1957; hok co-operative in helsinki, tile mosaic, 1956; diptych, pukkila glass factory, turku, acrylic construction, 1958; american plastics exhibition, helsinki, sculpture, 1958; helsinki building center, tile mosaics, 1958; fountain sculpture, 1965, for a permanent building material fair in helsinki; kotka, painting,1974; the education center of alko, helsinki, sculpture, 1977; tammisaari library. public collections: ateneum art museum; aamos anderson art museum; mariehamn art museum; arkiv för dekorativ konst, lund; moderna museet, stockholm; museé national d´art moderne, paris; eskilstuna art museum, and västeros art museum. lives and works in helsinki   nordström since impressionism and expressionism, which were to liberate color, the language of color has constantly swayed between the concepts of colors as material and the, somewhat rarer, idea of color as color. i have chosen as my own method of working color as the immaterial, space-creating factor. i apply oil paint in thick, greasy layers to further increase its optical depth and lustre effects. my use of color is related to function rather than to aesthetic views. cubism,futurism, purism, and neoplasticismwere crucial to the liberation of form. this development is still going on despite the changing fashion trends in the traditional concept of painting that repeatedly appear in the limelight of the mundane art commerce and museum activity. the non-re- presentational picture posesses innumerable means of expression that cannot pass unnoticed by any creative artist. this fact can be seen throughout the course of the development of the visual arts of this century. the elements of the image exist simultaneously on tht picture plane and in the picture space and they all contribute to ist overall effect. for instance, the simultaneous interaction of the space- creating factors; they appeal and repel,converge and diverge, are concave and convex, and thus the picture gets ist inner tension. the principle or the system that the picture is built upon and which builds the picture, is the construction. this is the uniting denominator in the picture, its contents and ist identity.     original graphic portfolio 1984 size 30 x 30 cm