Modern Art. Jonah Koppel at Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery opening june 12th.
Another super show at Klaus Von Nichtssagend - the awesomest gallery in the world ever.
Jonah kills me. I love his work and him. Great guy, great artist.
June 11, 2009
May 5, 2009
Oh my god! Best show ever. I have only seen images on line, but I have seen enough GB work to know that this show is the most amazing thing I have ever seen or not really seen. If I could I would get my self and who ever I could bring to Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery and check it out.
Glen is the most amazing printer and for this series of prints he has used scratch off ink. How awesome is a casket catalogue printed with scratch off print titled Lucky Sevens…
And even better adding to the shows value is a work like Collection 2004-2009 - A 5 gallon glass carboy, losing scratch off lotto tickets, milk crates, and acrylic paint. No explanation needed. What a great use of found objects relating critically to our lost hopes and golden dreams of quick richness. What nice touch of process the white paint adds and how beautiful the glass case sits on its pedestal. The same goes for Gentleman’s Toothpick a similar sculpture consisting of painted milk crates a wooden tablet with folding knives stabbed into a slightly slanted display like cut. The entire gallery is bordered by a sun set screen printed on perforated vinyl.
The show transforms the entire gallery and displays Glens awesome ideas and insights and skill not only as a skilled printer, but also and most importantly as a great artist.
April 23, 2009
April 18, 2009
April 17, 2009
Yesterday I wrote my bike around town a bit.
First stop was Gallery Christina Wilson at her almost new location(september 08) on Esplanaden. The gallery has last call on two very different but very nice exhibitions.
The mains shows Alicja Kwade. A Berlin based Polish artist working in various media and using design-styles and art genres as part of a very intricate and delicate language.
I found myself contemplating value vs. time, product expectation and function in society vs. material expectation and actual placement - situation (right now, gallery etc.). The shows main piece Parallelwelt 1, 2008 (8 Kaiser-Idell lamps, 8 mirrors, ca. 98 x 392 x 56 cm) echoes thoughts of vanity, narrow mindedness as the lamps looking only at themselves becomes animated in a dance in front of a mirror - that isn’t a mirror but plain glass and the reflection isn’t a mirage but reality - and maybe then serves us a as a reminder of our own closed off little worlds.
I really like the use of materials and found objects that aren’t transformed into art by process or otherwise manipulated by the artist hand. A piece that doesn’t quite catch me as much is Palette, 2009(Found object, palette of mahogany, shellac, 14 x 100 x 118 cm). I took to it at first, but it drifts behind other pieces in the show and the process and statement seems locked into a smaller place than for instance Raum - Zeit – Doppeltkrußmmung, 2009(2 mechanical mantel clocks of same model (ca 1940/50), MDF, HDF, black high glossy finish, 97 x 84 x 175 cm) that opens up by using furniture styles of the early 20th century, time pieces even older, but denies function and incorporates the viewer in its design and reflective surface.
In the project room there was great photographs by Absalon Kirkeby - yes Per Kirkeby’s son. The photos were great - they really were, but many people take great pictures including Jason Alami - I guy I have mentioned and shown here earlier.
I stopped by Christoffer Egelund, the gallery was open, but he wasn’t there. He was showing a group show of painting that were very nice, but also bordering cliche. All of the paintings were excellent in execution and composition, but I my boat isn’t really rocked by the traditional use of the genre these days.
I stopped by Martin Asbæk Gallery but he wasn’t there - hanging a new show a photography that looked very interesting. Trine Søndergård is showing very dark monochrome portraits.
Finally I hung out with Per at Franz Jaeger and Me. Got my self a new spring hat and went on my way home.
April 10, 2009
April 7, 2009
Friday night we stopped by Martin Asbæks new flat in Islands Brygge. Very nice place, off course filled with great art amongst this Berta Fisher. I really like her sculptures and this one though standing on a table looks almost invisible with its reflections.
Its placement on an old looking table is quite nice, though temporary, it is going up on the wall. I nice in between sculpture and painting piece - it is made from a single sheet of plastic.
April 1, 2009
My old Game Boy just showed up in a random box of bank papers from the US. HAH. Awesome. The coolest. Ever. Yeah. How great. Now I have to find the games.
March 27, 2009
The new section of my studio stop by for coffee!
March 26, 2009
Back to everyday working in studio.
After producing works for almost a year straight. I am now back in my studio working out some new sculptures. My feedback from the three past shows has been outstanding and I am super excited to continue my exploration.I love my process and can’t wait to build new stuff. I have a few projects lined up and I am excited to show them soon. I am still fascinated by tunnels, stacks, icebergs, sky risers, race cars, spaceships, the moon, the universe, mountains, oceans, lakes, trees, trains…
At the same time I am in the process of moving my home office to my studio making room for Cici at home and making sure I get out the door every day. Like now I am on my way…
March 23, 2009
When I Grow Up from Fever Ray on Vimeo.
March 20, 2009
the peeps at artlog.com caught some nice points on the current show at Klaus Von Nichtssagend.
And I am wondering who and how the works for Skateistan got appraised. I am pretty happy with mine even thought 5k is a lot of money for a skateboard it is a great donation to a great cause.
I just finished my article on Michael Mahalchick for 8′eren magazine. I LOVE HIS WORK. And I was really pleased to meet him.
March 18, 2009
A clip from the 1981 Jørgen Leth movie 66 Scenes from America
Julian Tepper is a New York New Yorker. As far as I know his ancestors lived in Green Point hundreds of years ago. He is an awesome guy and I love hanging out with him. He too has a large family and we can bitch about the intricacies and boast about the joys for hours on.
He is a great young writer and on his website you can read his current book I_Ivan. Check it out.
March 17, 2009
My friends at We Recommend in Malmø launched a new web site.
I LOVE THEIR STUFF - and them.
March 13, 2009
On Lauritz.com the bidding has started for my contribution to skate parks in Aghanistan.
Check it out. Bid. Everybody loves the Slasher graphic - the first ever full deck graphic. It is part of an on going series of skate decal oil paintings
March 5, 2009
March 3, 2009
Rob posted pictures from the opening. Check them out.
February 28, 2009
Good to be home. But what an awesome trip. Stine, all the kids and me. Yes. Everything makes so much more sense when they are all around. Crazy and chaotic, but meaningful.
To top it off - a great show, great opening and now Barry Hoggard made it a top pick on Artcal. Yeah.