Malmö,
Sweden 060430
ELASTIC
are pleased to present the Norwegian artist Knut Henrik Henriksen´s
first solo show in Sweden.
Henriksen's works are determined by the site in which they are executed
and presented. The shape and the size of the exhibition space are
defining the shape and the form of his sculptures.
Installlation view at Elastic, Yesterday_Insertion,
Endless Column, Untitled (floor piece), 2006
The sculpture
on the floor in the gallery follows the same logic as how we use standard
formats (2xA4=A3...). Henriksen has maped the space by drawing all
combinations of lines between all corners. Then a carpet with 25%
of size and form as the gallery, is cut along the same lines. The
pieces of the carpet is then spread out to fill the space, creating
a dialogue with the spaces inbetween.
The work “Endless column” is a variation of Brancusis
free standing sculpture. The work are made from 3 wooden pieces in
the standard format A2, cut diagonal, and placed on top of each other.
The sculpture is mounted in a way that makes it climb up one of the
corners of the gallery.
The piece”Yesterday” dissects the gallery space. An A3
piece of the wall is cut out, making visible the structure behind
the gallery walls. The piece is then divide in half into two A4 pieces,
one of which then is divided up by nine diagonal cuts creating 10
piece glued back together to create a Brancsusi like freestanding
arched object. The method behind the creation shows a potential of
sculpture that is a tread behind Henriksen sculpture – if you
continue cutting, the curved sculpture would rise to infinte.
The new object is presented in the office space of the gallery, on
the other side of the wall. Therefore also the titel ”Yesterday”
, a sculpture playing with time and memory, but also the recycling
of a modernistic tradition of sculpture.
In the entrance of the gallery Henriksen is using all different lengths
delivered of wooden paneling. All pieces is then cut in half and placed
on opposite standing walls. The structure apperaring has a kind of
mirror-effect, but is also defining the white walls and the negative
shapes between the two walls.
Butterfly, 2006, Variable
dimensions wooden panel
Yesterday_Object,
2006 Plaster, plywood
Knut
Henrik Hernriksen was born 1970 in Oslo, Norway. Lives and works in
Berlin, Germany.
Henriksen is during the spring and summer showing in gallery shows
at Hollybush Gardens, London, Elastic, Malmö and Standard, Oslo
In September he particiaptes in “Momentum - Nordic Festival
of Contemporary Art”, Moss (2006), and in Frac des Pays de la
Loire in Oktober 2006
Recent shows and projects include Sehnsüchtig gleiten Ballone
rund um die Welt, Green Light pavilion, Berlin (2005)Shaping Imagination,
Fri-Art, Centre for Contemporary Art, Fribourg, Switzerland (2005),
The stars are so big, the earth so small… stay as you are, Esther
Schipper, Berlin and Studio Manuella Klerkx, Milano,(2005), Architectural
Doubts, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum Für Gegenwart, Berlin (2004)
Preview
friday 5th of May 4 -9 pm, Ystadvägen 22 / Bragegatan 15, Malmö,
Sweden. Exhibition open 5th of May until 17th of June 2006. Closed
between the 25th - 27th of May.
For press
images and additional information please contact the gallery.
Welcome
Ola Gustafsson,
ELASTIC
