TITLE: Wonderland

The series “Wonderland” shows landscapes in a parallel reality with partially digital enhanced elements - somewhere in between reality and imagination. We understand the context well, but only give a small part of the full picture.
Arne Rasmussen’s photographic works are created through an artistic process in the digital darkroom. Here becomes the original motif, through a digital processing and use of special techniques, transformed into an aesthetic, abstract and blurred dream universe, focusing only on individual Recognizable photographic elements. He himself says that his work moves in tension between the autonomous image and a photographically represented reality. Adding abstract shapes such as digital enhanced shapes and forms creates he a unique universe based on an echo of the original motif and the real world as we know it. We are thus presented with a surreal dream world that we should approach with a subjective and phenomenological approach, where we experience the works based on our own memories and experiences. As Viewer, we should notice what the works tell us as an individual.

AUTHOR: Arne Rasmussen (Denmark)

From represented reality to independent image

Arne Rasmussen is a Copenhagen-based award winning photographer. His artwork is collected and exhibited in international galleries and museums. Represented at Muset For Fotokunst, Odense (dk) and Danmarks Fotomuseum, Herning (dk). International exhibitions include, "Fotografi und Video", Kunsthaus Am Moritzplatz,Berlin (D), Staatliche Filmzentrale Hamburg (DE), "Little Treasure" in Bologna Italy 2017, Blank Wall Gallery Athen 2019, 14th Pollux Awards Exhibition, Winner, Gallery FotoNostrum in Barcelona, March 4 to March 28, 2020, "Photography in art", 4 art photographer, Art association Køge bugt, 2022.

Arne Rasmussen’s aesthetic photographs are subdued and calm in expression. They can be silent portals that can evoke emotions in us and recreate forgotten memories if we otherwise allow them.

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Mette Kristensen, cand. mag in art history describes (translated from danish):

Arne Rasmussen’s photographic works are created through an artistic process in the digital darkroom. Here becomes the original motif, through a digital processing and use of special techniques,transformed into an aesthetic, abstract and blurred dream universe, focusing only on individual Recognizable photographic elements.He himself says that his work moves in tension between the autonomous image and a photographically represented reality. Adding abstract shapes such as circles, squares and lines in carefully selected color shades creates he a unique universe based on an echo of the original motif and the real world as we know it. We are thus presented with a surreal dream world that we should approach with a subjective and phenomenological approach, where we experience the works based on our own memories and experiences. As Viewer, we should notice what the works tell us as an individual.