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Posted on 2017-01-23

Olav Christopher Jenssen

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Mildred Howard interview – 2020
Julie Mehretu, High Museum of Art, 2020
Tarkovsky’s Andrei Rublev (1966)
Aby Warburg’s Atlas
Richard Tuttle interview – March 2, 2021

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Repurposing some things. #wip

Repurposing some things. #wip

My kids, my friends. @mama_neta @manuelnoah

My kids, my friends. @mama_neta @manuelnoah

Manuel’s show is closing today. @thefourthwallga

Manuel’s show is closing today. @thefourthwallgallery will be open 12-5. @manuelnoah will be there in the afternoon and I’m coming by late in the day.

So @manuelnoah and I decided to play with the inst

So @manuelnoah and I decided to play with the installation @thefourthwallgallery one more time. We ended up with a new wall and some additional works. The updated show title could be “I Have Never Been Here Before - Again,” which reminds me a little of the brilliant Queen lyrics, “I've fallen in love for the first time / And this time I know it's for real.”
Anyway, Manuel is sitting at the gallery today if you want to stop by.

Quartet 2021, pigments, acrylic medium, and graphi

Quartet 2021, pigments, acrylic medium, and graphite on stitched linen, 14x11in.

A couple of works in progress that have been sitti

A couple of works in progress that have been sitting around for a long time.

Thank you, Susan Aulik of @fourthwallgallery for i

Thank you, Susan Aulik of @fourthwallgallery for inviting me to curate this show of my son’s paintings. It’s been an incredible experience working with him on it, especially during covid times. Obviously I’ve known his work forever but, recently, I find myself more and more influenced by his attitude of waiting and trusting materials to do their thing over time. I asked him some questions along this line in an interview for the catalog, which is available digitally on the Fourth Wall website (fourthwallart.com) now and in print soon.

The show, titled, I Have Never Been Here Before, opens today. The gallery is open Saturdays 12-5 but you can email them or me for an appointment other times.

second image: I Have Never Been Here Before, by @manuelnoah , mix media on panel, 24 x 24 in.

#fourthwalloakland @susanaulik

Just saw this stunning show @andrewkrepsgallery of

Just saw this stunning show @andrewkrepsgallery of paintings by Raymond Saunders, a dear old friend with many contradictions and a wildly generous soul - kind of like the work. It combines work from Paris and LA as well as Oakland. That’s a hand made monopoly board in French. Looking forward to the second half of the show @casemorekirkeby #raymondsaunders #casemorekirkeby #andrewkrepsgallery

This is an iPad drawing done in 2011 for a (unfini

This is an iPad drawing done in 2011 for a (unfinished) project about the Portuguese Carnation Revolution, which happened on this day in 1974.
#25abril #carnationrevolution

Prologue, 2021, pigments and acrylic medium on sti

Prologue, 2021, pigments and acrylic medium on stitched canvas, 40x38 in.

Among People, 10x8in.

Among People, 10x8in.

I’m titling it Large because it says large on it

I’m titling it Large because it says large on it. It’s actually 20x16in. #pigment #graphite and #acrylicmedium on #stitchedcanvas

This show of some current work is up today @oldnew

This show of some current work is up today @oldnewengland .
Ken’s idea was to show finished work alongside #wip
🙏@ken._becker

@igetalotofwhatidodone and I had a talk about work

@igetalotofwhatidodone and I had a talk about work and color and words.

The catalog is available at The Fourth Wall gallery or download the pdf from their website. Thanks @thefourthwall for the opportunity to curate!

#sydneycohen #thefourthwallgallery

My grandparents. (avôs)

My grandparents. (avôs)

I’ve been sewing - after being out of the studio

I’ve been sewing - after being out of the studio for a while curating and writing for the wonderful @igetalotofwhatidodone show, which opens today @thefourthwallgallery (thanks @susanaulik for the opportunity!).

#wip #repurposed #acryliconcanvas

This is a clip from a super8 film I made in 1989 t

This is a clip from a super8 film I made in 1989 titled North Wind based on the short story #ajuryofherpeers by #susanglaspell It wasn’t very good but hand developing and cutting film stock was the best.
#super8 #handdeveloped

I captured these clips from tv coverage of the 200

I captured these clips from tv coverage of the 2009 presidential inauguration for a project I was working on at the time. Here’s to safety and celebration a week from today.

Found images from my 1991 xerox book based on #wid

Found images from my 1991 xerox book based on #widesargassosea #artistbook

Village band 1946. My father, front row, second fr

Village band 1946. My father, front row, second from right, was a founding member.

I finished this little piece last Thursday as the

I finished this little piece last Thursday as the vote count continued and as joy began to set in. It’s called Eme Emauto (the silent dialogue) – an over-sized title for an under-sized painting but it’s what I’ve been thinking about ever since my attempted read of #hannaharendt Life of the Mind.
Eme Emauto, acrylic on stitched linen, 10x8in.

I Believe in What You Say, 2020, #acryliconcanvas

I Believe in What You Say, 2020, #acryliconcanvas 40x38in. #goodbystranger

If I Can Help You, 40x38in. #acryliconcanvas #crim

If I Can Help You, 40x38in. #acryliconcanvas #crimeofthecentury #hideinyourshell

Notebook 20200909

Notebook 20200909

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