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Leonard Rickhard (1945\u20132024)<\/em>
V\u00e5r kj\u00e6re Leo<\/em>
15.06.24\u2013
Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, prosjektrom 2. etasje<\/p>\n

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English info<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Den 7. januar 2024 gikk Leonard Rickhard bort, 78 \u00e5r gammel. Leonard Rickhard ble f\u00f8dt i Tvedestrand 12. mai 1945. Han tok sin utdanning i Oslo, og returnerte deretter til Arendal, hvor han bosatte seg og arbeidet livet ut. Med Leonard Rickhards bortgang mistet Norge en av landets mest markante kunstnere, Agder mistet en h\u00f8yt respektert r\u00e5dgiver innen kunstfeltet og Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall mistet sin grunnlegger og sparringspartner. Som mentor lever Leos tankegods videre.<\/p>\n

I 1992 kj\u00f8pte Arendal kommune det som i dag er Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall. Leonard Rickhard var helt avgj\u00f8rende for etableringen og utviklingen av kunsthallen. Han var en trofast r\u00e5dgiver og inspirasjonskilde, fra v\u00e5r spede begynnelse, til han gikk bort<\/p>\n

Gjennom livet utviklet Rickhard et unikt formspr\u00e5k. Stille \u00f8yeblikk, situasjoner hvor arbeid blir utf\u00f8rt, modeller bygges eller der utsnitt av rom presiseres \u2013 er omformulert til vibrerende hendelser. Han sanket og videreformidlet motiver av forlatte brakkebygg, bj\u00f8rkeskog, l\u00e5vebygninger og landbruksmaskiner, ofte p\u00e5 reise i indre Agder. I motsetning til andre kunstmalere p\u00e5 Agder, vendte Rickhard blikket innover \u2013 ikke ut til havet og kystlinjen. Leonard Rickhard lokker oss inn i en verden hvor minner fra egen barndom i etterkrigstiden og personlige erindringer bearbeides.<\/p>\n

Visningen V\u00e5r kj\u00e6re Leo<\/em> er blitt til i samarbeid med kunstsamler Terje Bodin Larsen, som ogs\u00e5 var n\u00e6r venn av Leonard Rickhard.<\/p>\n

English<\/h3>\n

Our dearest Leo<\/em><\/p>\n

On January 7, 2024, Leonard Rickhard passed away, aged 78. Leonard Rickhard was born in Tvedestrand on May 12, 1945. He received his education in Oslo, and then returned to Arendal, where he settled and worked for the rest of his life. With Leonard Rickhard’s passing away, Norway lost one of our country’s most prominent artists, Agder county lost a highly respected adviser in the art field, and Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall lost its founder and counselor. As a mentor, Leo’s ideas live on.<\/p>\n

In 1992 Arendal municipality bought what has today become Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall. Leonard Rickhard was utterly decisive for the establishment and development of the institution. He was a faithful advisor and source of inspiration, from our early days, until his passing away.<\/p>\n

Throughout his life, Rickhard developed a unique visual language. Quiet moments, situations where work is carried out, models are built or where sections of space are specified – are reformulated into vibrating happenings. He collected and passed on motifs of abandoned barracks, birch forests, barns and agricultural machinery, often from his travels in the inner part of Agder. Unlike other painters in Agder, Rickard turned his gaze inwards \u2013 not towards the sea and the coastline. Leonard Rickhard lures us into a world where memories from his own childhood in the post-war period and personal recollections are processed.<\/p>\n

The exhibition Our dearest Leo<\/em> has been created in collaboration with art collector Terje Bodin Larsen, who also was a close friend of Leonard Rickhard.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":108,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"class_list":["post-475","arrangement","type-arrangement","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLeonard Rickhard: 15. juni\u2013 - Bomuldsfabriken<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bomuldsfabriken.no\/en\/arrangement\/leonard-rickhard-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leonard Rickhard: 15. juni\u2013 - Bomuldsfabriken\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Leonard Rickhard (1945\u20132024)V\u00e5r kj\u00e6re Leo15.06.24\u2013Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, prosjektrom 2. etasje \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ English info Den 7. januar 2024 gikk Leonard Rickhard bort, 78 \u00e5r gammel. 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