Esben Weile Kjær (DK)
Spanning sculpture, video and performance, Esben Weile Kjær’s work draws on the history of pop culture and pop music to investigate themes of nostalgia, authenticity, and generational anxiety. In an attentive though reckless visual language, he investigates today’s event economy, often focusing on marketing tactics and the aesthetics of the entertainment industry - mainly to consider art’s relationship to its surrounding cultural industries. As such, his work not only attempts to mimic other cultural modes of performance, but to become a form of performative pop culture in itself.
Esben Weile Kjær (b. 1992, Aarhus; DK) lives and works in Copenhagen. He graduated from the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Music Management, Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2015 and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2022. The artist's work are included in the permanent collections of ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art (Ishøj; DK), Brandts Museum of Modern Art (Brandts; DK) and Malmö Kunstmusem (Malmø; SE). Recent exhibitions include: Kunsten - Museum of Modern Art (Aalborg; DK), Salzburg Kunstverein (Salzburg; AT), Rudolph Tegner Museum and Statue Park (Dronningmølle; DK), Berghain (Berlin; DE), The Pompidou Center (Paris; FR); The Tinguely Museum (Basel; CH).
Mirror
Installation View
2022
Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's Contemporary. Photo by David Stjernholm
Virgin Mary (Floating Signifier)
Polished polyester, mirrored plinth
2021
Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's Contemporary. Photo by Malle Madsen
Performance
Lithography, 37 x 55 cm (framed)
2020
Photo by David Stjernholm
'HYPER!' at Bas Fisher Invitational Miami, Florida
Installation View
2022
Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's Contemporary.