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Det er ikke svært at danne sig et overblik. Det er allerede skabt for os. I maleriet BANE er vi på en asfalteret bane, der […]

Søren Hagens passion for mennesket er distinkt. Hans malerier skildrer steder, dertræder i karakter som mentale selv-portrætter, som han gennem sin særligesampling-realisme folder ud som […]

Det er ikke, fordi Søren Hagen ikke kan gengive mennesker. Det gør han,
når han maler portrætter. Men i sine billeder fra det nære og det fjerne og
fra de store vidder – flere af billederne er i cinemascope, det særligt
brede filmformat – er mennesket fraværende. Det er i stedet deres spor, man
ser.

Ved vejen Af Torben Weirup – 2003 Mennesket er fraværende i Søren Hagens nye billeder. Også denne gang. Og så er det alligevel mennesket, de […]

Man is absent from Søren Hagen’s new pictures. Yet again. And yet man is still present. He has left his trace. The signs of highways and byways. Jetties, sheds and car parks quietly caressed by the Sun as they meet Nature’s palm groves or her hillside shrubs. The sky, a representative of power and symbolising a perspective that reaches far beyond the individual, sparkles blue, at times navigated by the lightest of clouds. Yet in their bright enclosure, these majestic clouds are merely another contribution to the distinct tone of tranquillity in these perfect and, in the positive sense of the word, smooth pictures. ‘Tystnaden’ is the name of one of Bergman’s films from the mid-1960’s about the terrible realisation that God is dead. Heaven above us is empty. I am not here to profess any insight into the personal beliefs and religious considerations of the artist, but his pictures clearly depict a world, where God may play a part, but is not present.

How many roads…. Notater om Søren Hagens seneste billederAf Torben Weirup – 2000 Hvad er det, der er så interessant ved nyrealistiske malerier? Jeg mener, […]

How many roads …. Notes on Søren Hagen´s most recent collection of paintingsTorben Weirup – 2000 What is it, that is so interesting about Neo-Realist […]

TALE JYLLANDS POSTENS PRIS 4.3.2003SØREN HAGENAf Jens Erik Sørensen / dir. Aarhus kunstmuseum. Mine damer og herrer, kære Søren Hagen I den lille priskommite havde […]