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FOS: Untitled, 2020.
Salt, acrylic, aluminum, insect, 60,8 x 60,8 x 7 cm.
FOS’ artistic practice covers a broad spectrum. Several materials, configurations, and processes lie behind and since he also works in the field of design and architecture, his works draw in more disci- plines than the classic visual arts. What connects his practices is an investigation of how the objects we surround ourselves with define our ways of behavior and socialization. FOS’ works are in general social. He wishes that the works create new relational realities. In Untitled, the designed and architec- tonic are put aside for a while, and the work’s earthy, basic materialistic expression is still a common human affair that poses questions to how we relate to nature, its chemical processes, and its aesthetic appearances.
FOS (Thomas Poulsen, DK, 1971) lives and works in Copenhagen. He graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of
Arts in 1999, and he has had several national and international exhibitions at Le Bicolore, FR; SCAD Museum of Art, US; Copenhagen Contemporary, DK; Etage Projects, DK; ICA Studio, UK; Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, DK; Gl. Strand, DK; Max Wigram Gallery, UK; Cam-den Arts Centre, UK, and The National Gallery of Denmark, DK, among others. His works are part of the collections at The National Gallery of Denmark, DK; Arken Museum of Modern Art, DK; The New Carlsberg Foundation, DK; ARoS, DK, and Museo Tamayo, MX. FOS has received grants such as Aage and Yelva Nimbs Honorary Grant, Arken Art Award, Carl Nielsen’s and Anne Marie Carl Nielsen’s Price, and Niels Wessel Bagge’s Art Grant. He has done commissioned work for Marien-borg (the official residence of the Danish Minister of State) and for the Fashion House Céline’s stores. FOS is represented by Nils Stærk, Copenhagen, and Etage Projects, Copenhagen.
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