MY NAME IS GABRIEL J. BODKER BORN ON A MONDAY IN EARLY 97’ OF DANISH NIGERIAN DECENT I LIVE AND WORK IN COPENHAGEN DENMARK

MY PRACTICE PRIMARILY CONSISTS OF PAINTING LOOKING INWARD AS WELL AS OUTWARDS TRYING TO FIND THE LINE BETWEEN THE TWO USING COLOUR NOT AS THE DESTINATION BUT AS A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION THERE LIES AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FEELING OF BEING PUSHED AND OR BEING PULLED CAN WE EXPERIENCE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER IS A QUESTION I WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO ANSWER I AM INTERESTED IN THE HORIZONS THAT APPEAR WHEN ADEQUATE COLOURS MEET AND THE FEELING OF BEING SMALL WHEN STOOD IN FRONT OF LARGE OBJECTS SUCH AS AN OLD BRUTALIST BUILDING THEN THERES LIGHT AND OPACITY A GUIDE WHICH LEADS YOU SOMEWHERE DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE AT A SUNSET COULD BE MOST BEAUTIFUL FOR ONE BUT FOR ANOTHER IT COULD BE THE FIRST SUNSET WITHOUT A LOVED ONE I SAY THIS BECAUSE I MET A MAN WHO EXPLAINED THAT WHAT HE SAW ONCE THE LIGHTS WENT OUT COULD BEST BE DESCRIBED AS WHAT WAS BEFORE HIM IT WAS ONE OF MINE

THEN THERE IS PHOTOGRAPHY A MEDIUM THAT I DISCOVERED WHILE AWAY FOR THE BEST PART OF A YEAR MOST OF WHICH WAS SPENT ALONE IN UNCONVENTIONAL PLACES A MEANS OF DOCUMENTATIONN AN EXTENTION OF THE SELF AND MY HUMAN EXPERIENCE A VOUNERABLE FEAT BEING ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN AND BEING OKAY WITH IT

LOVE
BODKER

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