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Henrik Olesen

 
 The State vs. Aaron McKinney and Russel Arthur Henderson (1998), Detail from: Hosni Mubarak, Aaron McKinney, Richmond, Belgrad. 2003, computerprints on paper, 38 parts

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The works of Henrik Olesen is taking form as posters, sculptures or architectural interventions. Whether a poster of a homosexual cat or a fragile re-construction of a sculpture by Sol LeWitt, the process demonstrates a de-construction in the notions of authenticity and cultural production. What is brought into focus is the representation of minority groups in the context of history, contemporary society and the institution of art.

The works of architectural interventions can be exampled by spacial dimensions reduced to confront the body proportions: doors and passages are made smaller or blocked, or objects are squeezed in between constructed new walls. These markings demonstrates territories and borderlines as they appear in the social landscape of today. The interventions reflects how public laws and definitions is categorising certain groups in our contemporary culture, displayed as poverty lines or anti-homosexual restrictions.

By using cheap and pre-fabricated materials like styrofoam and cardboard, the fragility of the works brings into question the stability in the constructions of our cultural surroundings.
 
 
 

Henrik Olesen

1967 born in Esbjerg, Denmark

Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Education

1989 – 1996 The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Kopenhagen, DK
1995 – 1997 Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Städelschule, Frankfurt a. M., Klasse Christa Näher

Grants

1996 DAAD Scholarship, Städelschule

Solo Exhibitions

2004
Secession, Vienna, Austria, (cat.)

2003
"1935 1922", Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany (cat.), Kunstverein Salzburg, Austria
"Hosni Mubarak, Aaron McKinney, Richmond, Belgrad",
Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, D
"6 oder 7 neue Arbeiten", Klosterfelde, Berlin, D
Kunstverein Salzburg, A

2002
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln, D
"There are two temperatures: one outside, one inside"
Kirsten Pieroth/Henrik Olesen (collaboration), Galleria Franco Noero, Torino, I

2001
Studiogalerie, Kunstverein Braunschweig, D

2000
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY (mit Marcel Odenbach)
Klosterfelde, Berlin, D
rraum, Frankfurt/M., D
H.M. Klosterfelde, Hamburg, D

1999
Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, I
OTTO, Kopenhagen, DK

1998
Klosterfelde, Berlin, D

1997
Henrik Olesen/Sean Snyder (collaboration), Galleri Campbells
Occasionally, Kopenhagen DK

1996
4. Meike Behm zeigt Henrik Olesen, Frankfurt a. M., D

Group Exhibitions

2004
"Communauté", Institut d´art contemporain, Frac Rhône Alpes, Villeurbanne, France

2003
"Global Navigation System", Palais de Tokio, Paris, F
"Utopia Station" (Collaboration with Kirsten Pieroth), 50th Venice Biennial, I
"Influence, Anxiety, and Gratitude (Toward an Understanding of Trans-generational Dialogue as a Gift Economy)",
MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, USA

2002
"Hossa", Centro Cultural Andracx Mallorca, E
"Rent-a-bench", Street Project, LosAngeles, USA (cat.)
"Strike", Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK (cat.)
"Zusammenhänge herstellen", Kunstverein Hamburg, D (cat.)
"Ökonomien der Zeit", Museum Ludwig, Köln/Akademie der Künste, Berlin, D/Migros Museum, Zürich, CH (cat.)
Werkleitz-Biennale, Werkleitz, D (cat.)
"The collective unconsciousness", Migros Museum, Zürich
"Centre of Attraction, 8th Baltic Triennial of International Art", Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Litauen

2001
"Pedigree Pal – Neudefinition von Familie", Shedhalle, Zürich, CH (cat.)
"Arbeit, Essen, Angst", Kokerei Zollverein, Essen (cat.)
"Frankfurter Kreuz", Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/M., D (cat.)
"Neue Welt", Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/M., D (cat.)
"New Settlements", Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Kopenhagen, DK
"Inside space/Experiments in redefining rooms",
MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA (cat.)

2000
"All you can eat", Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, D (cat.)
"No swimming", Kunstverein München, D (cat.)
"Momentum", Moss, N (cat.)
"[re:songlines]", halle_für_Kunst e.V., Lüneburg, D (cat.)
"German Art in Moskau", House of Artists, Moskau

1999
"The work in this space is a response to the existing condition and/or work previously shown within the space", neugerriemschneider, Berlin, D
"Dispensing with Formalities",
Recent works/Jacob Fabricius, DK
"Kraftwerk Berlin", Aarhus Kunstmuseum, DK (cat.)
"S" Recent Works/Jacob Fabricius, Kopenhagen, DK
"Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are", Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, D

1997
"speisen, der umbaumraum", Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, D

1996
Filme, Klubhaus, Frankfurt a.M., D
"Kunst & Zeil", Projekt: Portikus, Frankfurt a.M., D
"Exiles", Overgaden, Exhibitionspace of the Minestry of Culture, Kopenhagen, DK
"Aktion: Lars Erik Frank, Henrik Olesen", Update, Kopenhagen, DK

1995
"Art against AIDS", Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Kopenhagen, DK

 
 
 

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