Bob Dylan’s ‘Brazil Series’ Paintings to Premiere at National Gallery of Denmark

Bob Dylan, the famous singer/songwriter/Cate Blanchett-look-alike (that’s what I’m Not There was about, right?), has also spent portions of the last fifty years as a painter. After exhibitions of his work in Germany and the UK over the last couple of years, the National Gallery of Denmark wanted in on the action and commissioned Dylan to paint an entirely new collection. And so he has. The gallery has announced that they will be showing his “Brazil Series,” described as “40 canvases depicting Brazilian scenes.” We haven’t seen pictures of them yet, but then no one has, hence the incitement. The exhibition will open in early September and will run until the end of January. For now, you’ll have to live with this brief description:

In The Brazil Series, Dylan demonstrates his phenomenal powers of observation. He uses his images to tell us stories that range from the everyday and descriptive to the violently dramatic, incorporating strong elements of fiction. The stories from Brazil flow out to reach us from the cracks opened by the artist; each fragment adding another aspect to the overall journey Dylan invites us to take.

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