Simon Björge's art

Written by Simon Björge

Tuesday, 01 September 2009 00:00

Simon Björge (Dom Cournoyer)

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I try not to think about it too much. A lot of what I do is inspired by a close friend of mine who creates works according to a twelve year cycle and the phases of the sun and the moon, but I'm not so fascinating. I sort of work in layers. This work is my first. Its taken me about two months, mostly because I hate it half of the time and give up on it. I was in a pretty dark place when I started it. But now its colorful and 3D. It seems to be balanced. I'm a big fan of symmetry. Most of it I created from National Geographics, so you can find anything from asians in cowboy hats dancing in a honky tonk bar in Tokyo to the Horse Head Nebula.

There might be a theme, but I'm not completely sure. I would like to think its a sexy apocolypse ushering in a new age in prizmatic psychedelia, but I could just be saying that because I lie a lot. Personally I think art is at its best when its left at a vague expression, so its open to interpretation and it can mean whatever you want it to. So actually, the theme is a secret. Figure it out.

Bio

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Simon Björge was born in Stockholm, Sweden on June 6, 1987. At age six he moved with his mother and five sisters to the United States, where he spent only a short time with them before the State of Massachusetts took custody of the children. Until age eighteen he lived in many foster homes, mostly in Massachusetts and Connecticut. He has recently become interested in the visual arts and is working toward a degree in music production.

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