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Ivan Andersen: Hænger, 2020.
Fabric collage. Textile, kelim, clip hanger, acrylic and gesso, 445 cm x 37 cm.
Some Bizzare, 2019.
Oil and acrylic on corduroy, 136 x 101 cm.
A Decentralized Internet, 2021.
Oil, acrylic, spray paint, textile, and yarn on plywood panel.
Ivan Andersen’s works can all be understood as paintings in extended
form. With an investigating and at times playful approach to a painting’s
character, Andersen examines what components make a painting and how
these can be rethought, renewed, and challenged. Andersen’s focus on the
painting is divided; firstly, he investigates the physical form of a painting.
Here, the painting’s tactility and surface are in focus. Secondly, Andersen combines a painting’s formal features with an interest in motifs. He often contemplatively combines abstractions with figurative narratives. He creates over-laps and breaks in the painting’s actual motif as well as in its material. This is expressed in the divi-sions of the canvas’s surface, breaks in the composition, and different painting techniques. Summa-tive for Andersen’s practice is that he seeks to combine several different internally contending elements on the same surface.
Ivan Andersen (1968, DK) graduated at The Royal Danish Academy of Arts, DK in 2005. His works are part of the collections at Arken Museum of Modern Art, DK and Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, DK, among others. He has done several commissioned public works and has had solo exhibitions at Kunsthal NORD, DK; Rønnebæksholm, DK; Nosbaum & Reding, L; Galleri Ismene, N, and Galerie Frank Schlag, DE; among others. Ivan Andersen is represented by Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, DK.
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