The artist develops a production of images closely linked to the methodical observation of a plant world: portraits of endemic plants photographed in situ, in front of a white paper background. This work is inspired, among other things, by a famous botanical atlas undertaken in the 18th century: "Flora Danica".
“The act of making images is in itself a way of living for Danish artist Lotte FlØe Christensen. The camera and the act of constructing and making an image is an essential approach to the world in search of an understanding of her place in it. She works as a visual philosopher with photography and nature to construct images that explore existential issues. She enters the landscape using herself as a measuring tool, gently pulls plants through paper to isolate them from their natural environment, or brings back parts of nature to her outdoor studio to build fragile constructions. In line with the tradition of representing landscape in art history, in her work, nature acts as a projection screen for inner human dilemmas.”
From Constructs, Schilt Publishing, 2017.
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Photographs from the series Isolated (Plants), 2011
Courtesy Lotte FlØe Christensen, Humlebaek, 2011
Lotte Fløe Christensen
is a visual artist who holds an MFA from Valand Academy in Gothenburg, Sweden, and a BA in Fine Art Photography from the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. Her photographic work is conceptual and intuitive. It springs from performative and sculptural actions. Lotte Fløe Christensen exhibits internationally (Denmark, Sweden, France, Austria, Slovenia, Canada, the USA, China and South Korea) and has received work grants from the Eric Ericsson Foundation and the Danish Arts Foundation, in which collection her work is also represented. In 2017, Schilt Publishing published the monograph ’Constructs’. Lotte Fløe Christensen teaches photography at Krogerup Højskole in Humlebæk.
Lotte Fløe Christensen
Born in 1979
Lives and works in Humlebæk, near Copenhagen
