Andersen's Contemporary (DK)

Based in Copenhagen, Andersen’s opened in 2005 with a programme focused around Claus Andersen’s German connections; showcasing predominantly the artists in Berlin he was working with at that time, including Anselm Reyle, Olafur Eliasson, and Tomás Saraceno. Today the gallery represents a variety of emerging and established artists from all over the world.

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2400 København NV
Denmark
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Andersen's is pleased to present new works by Esben Weile Kjær, Sylvie Fleury, and Victor Bengtsson, bringing together three distinct artistic practices that reflect the gallery's commitment to both established and emerging voices. The presentation highlights recent developments in each artist's work and offers a dialogue across generations and perspectives.

Esben Weile Kjær (DK)

Esben Weile Kjærs work spans sculpture and performance, drawing on the history of pop culture to investigate themes of nostalgia, authenticity and generational anxiety. In his performances, installations and sculptures, he examines identity among his own generation and explores the role of popular culture and technology in shaping experiences of community and freedom. Kjær also curated the exhibition BUTTERFLY! at Arken Museum of Contemporary Art, 2023, which primarily consisted of works from the museum’s own collection staged in an immersive scenography.

Esben Weile Kjær (b. 1992, Denmark) graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2022. Recent solo exhibitions include Salzburger Kunstverein, Amant (New York), and KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art. He has previously staged performances at numerous institutions in Denmark and internationally at Bozar, Brussels, Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin among other places. He received the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Talent Award in 2022. His work is held in major public collections, including the National Gallery of Denmark and ARKEN.

COCKROACH

2025

Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's Contemporary

New Galaxy

2026

Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's Contemporary. Photo by Thomas Lekfeldt

Pride is Temporary at Kiel Rathaus

2025

Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's Contemporary. Photo by Thomas Lekfeldt

Stained Glass Billboard

2026

Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's Contemporary. Poto Malle Madsen

Portrait of Esben Weile Kjær

Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's. Photo by Casper Sejersen

Sylvie Fleury (CH)

Sylvie Fleury situates her artistic practice at the intersection of popular culture, fashion, and consumer culture. This engagement manifests across a wide range of media, including sculpture, readymades, photography, video, and performance. Her work is often driven by encounters with objects - ranging from enlarged makeup palettes, high-heeled shoes, mannequins, and shopping bags from luxury brands to objects such as cars, rockets, and motorcycles. Fleury employs slogans and strategies derived from advertising aesthetics within her artistic practice. Her work critically examines and reconfigures notions of gender, power, consumption, and representation through the use of humor, irony, and ambiguity.

Sylvie Fleury (b. 1961, Switzerland) lives and works in Geneva. Internationally acclaimed, she has exhibited at major institutions including Kunsthal Rotterdam, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, MAMCO Geneva, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and participated in exhibitions at MoMA PS1, Grand Palais, and Kunsthaus Zürich. She received Switzerland’s Prix Meret Oppenheim in 2018.

LALA LAND

2023

Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's Contemporary

Let Me Do It Bob Gold

2021

Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's Contemporary

Portrait of Sylvie Fleury

Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's. Photo by Annik Wetter

Victor Bengtsson (DK)

Scientific methods play a great part of Bengtsson’s artistic practice as the artist delves into posthumanist medical theory, particularly focusing on the future of hybrid human and nonhuman bodies. His paintings capture the grotesque and the magical as states of metamorphosis, where all bodies are in the act of becoming. Bengtsson’s works are a labyrinthine simulacrum — a maze of illusions filled with heavy archetypes and figures that exude meaning, even as the rationale for their interconnectedness has fallen apart. The artist intends for his paintings to become surreal future relics, artifacts that claim to describe known phenomena but exist in a context that feels otherworldly or out of time.

Victor Bengtsson (b. 1997, Denmark) is a self-taught artist with a BA in medicine (2019-2023). Bengtsson lives and works in Copenhagen. He has exhibited at Mendes Wood DM (São Paulo, 2021, New York, 2022, Brussels, 2023), O - Overgaden, Copenhagen (2025), dépendence, Brussels (2025), Public Gallery, London (2025 and 2024); East Contemporary Gallery, Milan (2021) and Someday Gallery, NYC (2024).