Double Rabbit. Coloured pencil on paper
176 x 296 cm. 2007

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Double Rabbit (detail). Coloured pencil on paper
176 x 296 cm. 2007

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Untitled. Coloured pencil on paper
210 x 300 cm. 2008

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Untitled (detail). Coloured pencil on paper
210 x 300 cm. 2008

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Untitled (detail). Coloured pencil on paper
210 x 300 cm. 2008

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Spass Vogel. Coloured pencil on paper
196 x 158 cm. 2007

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I’m Counting On You Potatoe Head. Coloured pencil on paper
196 x 380 cm. 2006-2007

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Norwegian graphic artist PER DYBVIG creates drawings which are usually produced spontaneously, with a sense of urgency and almost feverishness that results in a comedic cosmos of bizarre figures and creatures. DYBVIG draws extremely fast, frantic, sometimes while walking. The majority of the works emerge out of specific situations and in rapid sequence.

His large-format coloured pencil drawings blend a variety of styles, utilizing information from radio, newspapers and magazines. The drawings are made without corrections, their only filter being a fluid movement from eye to mind to hand to paper. They represent a mixture of Stream of consciousness and Écriture automatique, where visual moments are arrested and fused with fragments of language.

In 2009/2010 PER DYBVIG started to transfer his drawings into film. The first work Hunter Hare Dog and his most recent one Around the House or in the Bar, both refer to Norwegian fairy tales. It takes up the comical-abysmal story of the hunter and his dogs, but makes it even more brutal.

And good news: you can view his work at Christine König Galerie in Vienna until the 3rd March 2011