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Asger Harbou Gjerdevik: Table. Zink natural, 120 x 120 x 41.5 cm
Asger Harbou Gjerdevik works with both painting and sculpture. Where his paintings often are expressive and strong in color, his sculptures investigate the expressions of shape. With Gjerdevik, the two mediums have in common that they can both be worked with through inspiration from the collage technique. Here, the joined elements complete the composition. He works from an investigating point of view where he continually merges the abstract expression with narrational and thematic circling points. Gjerdevik’s Table places itself in an interesting space in the artist’s practice. The work is tipping on the edge between the artwork and utility design. It is joined together by several pieces of zinc, not unlike his work with collage.
Asger Harbou Gjerdevik (1986, DK) lives and works in Berlin. He has an MFA in painting from the Royal College of Art, UK. Gjerdevik has exhibited at CCA Andratx, ES; Politiken’s Exhibition Hall, DK; The Art Association GL STRAND, DK; Alice Folker Gallery, DK; The Danish Embassy in London, UK; Den Frie Exhibition Hall, DK; Philip Haverkampf, DE; Kunsthalle E-Werk, DE; Collyer Bristow Gallery, UK. Gjerdevik has received the Remmen Foundation Art Award and the Embassy Art Prize. His works are part of the collections of the municipality of Copenhagen and City Court Lyngby. Gjerdevik is represented by Alice Folker Gallery.
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