Christian Løgstrup

My artist alias is Helt Sort (Danish for “Completely Black”) and I was born in 1963 in Copenhagen. As award-winning designer and art director I am (from 2016) a very engaged and active artist with a strong focus on modern contemporary pop art with a twist of surrealism. Creating and sharing art is my mission; my visions, my passion.

Drawing and painting school, technical drawing, graphic design education and masters degree in marketing and advertising.

Featured Artist by Saatchi Art, September 2016.
Appointed "Artist of the Month" by Artboost, January 2017.
Featured Artist by Snop Art, March 2017.
Featured Artist by Saatchi Art, May 2017.
Featured Artist by Inktale "The InkCredibles", September 2017.
Featured Artist by Zatista Fine & Contemporary Art, October 2017

Group Exhibition at Jarsbo Contemporary Art, Aalborg, June 2016.
Solo Exhibition at Infomedia, Copenhagen, March/April 2017.
Solo Exhibition at Into My Mind Magazine, October 2017

I am a great admirer of Banksy. The brilliant understated graffitti motives and the conceptual approach. As a former advertising man one can only give a high five for all this that goes up in a higher unity. Danish Olafur Eliasson is also fantastic. His installations can take your breath away. In a completely different genre, German Daniel Richter. He tells stories with power, painting pictures which is about the world we know and live in. The paintings are about policies, sex, music, ecstasy, violence and conflict etc. Altogether three very different artists, but they all have a constant quest and search for excellence in common.

There is no doubt that my advertising background affect my work, like the hole graphic design experience affect my approach. Outside these influences everything from the works of other artists, often from early pop art days. This is an art form which I have made my mission to extend to the next level. But also everything from movies, news to other streams e.g from interior and fashion have great impact on my art work.

colorful and decorative, surreal art collage, decoupage art fantasy, contemporay art, pop art, conceptuel art