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On a recent interview with <strong>Red</strong> Transmissions<br />
Podcast, Per Adolfsen shared that his interest<br />
for landscapes, and for art itself, started when<br />
he was just a child, but was confirmed when<br />
on a trip to Norway to celebrate his sister’s<br />
wedding, he was taken to see the Edward<br />
Munch museum, confirming in this place that<br />
what he wanted to do was create “something<br />
that could touch others... leave behind<br />
something that can move a child’s heart as<br />
much as an adult’s, create feelings”.<br />
When speaking of the artistic process he<br />
exclaims that art is the same as poetry. It is<br />
about the system, the rhythm, the music.<br />
“There’s a difference, I notice, if you’re driving<br />
here in Denmark, we have all these fields and<br />
sometimes they have green corn, and when it’s<br />
short you can see the dark soil underneath, so<br />
in summertime, for example, when it has rained<br />
roughly, the soil is so dark brown and thick,<br />
and the green corn shines like if it was neon,<br />
and the air is special, the light is something<br />
special. If you can feel this the right way, you<br />
are where you are supposed to be. But I think,<br />
the way we live, we are adults, we have seen<br />
this 100 times, we forget to notice. We forget<br />
see. You have to look for stars. You have to<br />
dream. People get so mature it’s boring.”<br />
Per speaks highly of the ability to have<br />
curiosity, to find new connections, to find the<br />
new angle in everything by allowing the inner<br />
child to remain curious and alive. It is this<br />
balance between falling constantly in love with<br />
nature and documenting it, to trying out new<br />
technologies and using Instagram as a daily<br />
challenge, what has build him a dedicated fan<br />
base.<br />
From exhibiting in Armory week in New York, to<br />
Miami, Paris,Japan, Korea, the UK, something<br />
is always happening in Per Adolfsen’s busy<br />
art schedule. “I am just a kid, somehow. I was<br />
thinking, let’s make a world tour! I don’t want<br />
the intellectual reflections in the big galleries.<br />
Tell them: Per likes to go into nature, and<br />
paint. I just want to show this to people. I am<br />
so grateful to my audience for supporting my<br />
work. When I was a kid I didn’t know you could<br />
do exhibitions and experience the world, I just<br />
thought it was wonderful to paint, but I really<br />
enjoy connecting with those who enjoy my<br />
work”.<br />
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