Bjarne Bare

This work is part of Bjarne Bare's solo exhibition 'Latent Eclipse' at OSL contemporary, 2026. It is an extension of his ongoing investigation of photography and technological infrastructures by placing nature as a counterpoint to what is lost in the pursuit of progress. Bjarne Bare (b. 1985, Poznan, Poland) holds a BFA from the Oslo Academy of Fine Art and an MFA from University of California, Los Angeles. He works with photography as a critical, conceptual practice, examining the medium's material, technological, and institutional conditions. Through abstraction, layering, and symbolic reframing, Bare highlights photography's instability, treating the image not as a fixed object but as a provisional proposition shaped by systems of production, circulation, and perception. His work explores technology, nature, and human relations as deeply entangled forces. Bare's practice has been presented internationally and is represented in the permanent collections of institutions including the National Museum of Norway and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.