Andersen's (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.

Rentemestervej 49
2400 København NV
Denmark
(+45) 91 10 36 04

gallery@andersen-s.dk
andersenscontemporary.dk

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Martin Brandt Hansen (GL)

Martin Brandt Hansen works primarily in sculpture and installation, with a significant style that stems from his Greenlandic origin. In his works, he explores the mythology from Inuit culture, that can be seen in his interpretation of the classic tupilaq figure, where he challenges and explores the traditional scales and materials. The objects in Brandt Hansen’s works range from his sculptural interpretations of traditional Inuit artifacts to a representation of imported manufactured objects from Greenland - showing the classic iconography of western mass culture and its influence.

Martin Brandt Hansen (b. 1990) was born in Nuuk, Greenland, but has lived in Copenhagen for several years. He has a master’s degree from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He works with both Western mass culture and art history, mythology from Inuit culture and anthropological and ethnographic methods.

Stargazing

2022

Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's

Black Box 3905

2022

Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's

Kabinet 3905.1 / Mike Thomsen's Leather West

Leather west, 9 mm bullets, porcelain replica of carving from the Dorset paleo Inuit culture, wax, Model of a pickup truck, wooden shelf and plexi glass frame
2022

Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's

Raven's feet protect you from evil

Wings of Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus Muta), polyester, metal, arrows, feet of common raven (Corvus Corax) collected in Greenland, wooden frame and plexiglass
2023

Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's

Portrait of Martin Brandt Hansen

Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's

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).

GRAVITY!

Installation on Heartland Festival 2024

Photo by Anne Mie Bak

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.

Portrait of Esben Weile Kjær

Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's. Photo by Lasse Dearman

Cecilia Fiona (DK)

Originally working with acrylic paint, Fiona has since adapted and created a unique technique for her painting using rabbit skin glue, which is usually used as a canvas primer. Instead, the artist mixes in handmade and natural pigments into the rabbit skin glue to use as a paint, providing her work with semi-translucent, dusty finish, accentuating its ethereal qualities. The process is temperamental and leaves traces of previous attempts, “like forgotten tales which emerge as ghosts from the past.”

Cecilia Fiona (b. 1997; DK) lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. Fiona is a self-trained Danish artist with no formal art training. Graduating from an Art History degree, Fiona started a painting practice, gaining international attention for her unique style and imagery.

Weaving time, spinning spine

2023

Courtesy of the artist and VITRINE London/Basel. Photo by Jonathan Bassett

Weaving time, spinning spine

Installation View
2024

Courtesy of the artist and VITRINE London/Basel. Photo by Jonathan Bassett

I Follow The Flowers

Installation View
2022

Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's

I Follow The Flowers

Installation View
2022

Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's

Gæller foran hjertet

CHART in Tivoli 2023

Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's. Photo by Jan Søndergaard

I Follow The Flowers, Installation View, 2022

Courtesy of the artist and Andersen's