Fredrik Tydén, Weird Tales, installation view, 2020, Galleri Susanne Ottesen
Photo by Stine Heger
Fredrik Tydén (DK)
Fredrik Tydén approaches sculpture as a sphere that is simultaneously physical and metaphysical, always anchored in an open and constantly evolving track. Though his sculptures tend to appear as singular objects, they exist in a constant dialogue with both ornamentation, decoration and architecture, where movement and the presence of dynamic surfaces are essential qualities. Tydén’s use of materials is wide-ranging, including everything from bronze to 3D-printing to plant beds. His works offer several – often contradictory – points-of-departure.
Fredrik Tydén (1985, DK) lives and works in Vordingborg (DK). Tydén received his MFA from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (DK). He has been the recipient of the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen’s Talent Prize (2020) and The Remmen Foundation Prize (2017). Tydén’s site-specific commissions include Aarhus University Hospital and Skovsnogen Artspace.
Namirrha
Silver bronze, 55,5 x 44,5 x 35 cm. FT/S 26. Edition 1 of 3
2022
Photo by Stine Heger
Enquire
E_7_12
Patinated bronze, 133 x 54 x 5 cm. FT/S 8. Edition 1 of 3
2022
Photo by Stine Heger
Enquire
Firenze_1
Patinated bronze, 32,5 x 84 x 6 cm. FT/S 10. Unique
2022
Photo by Stine Heger
Enquire
Digits
Patinated bronze, 31,5 x 24 x 14 cm. FT/S 35. Unique
2022
Photo by Stine Heger
Enquire
Digits
Patinated bronze, 68 x 12,5 x 7 cm. FT/S 14. Unique
2022
Photo by Stine Heger
Enquire
Lilje_2 2022
Silver bronze, 12,5 x 29,5 x 7 cm. FT/S 56. Unique
2022
Photo by Stine Heger
Enquire
Fredrik Tydén, Weird Tales, 2022, installation view, Galleri Susanne Ottesen
Photo by Stine Heger
Enquire
Fredrik Tydén, Weird Tales, 2022, installation view, Galleri Susanne Ottesen
Photo by Stine Heger
Enquire
Fredrik Tydén, Weird Tales, 2022, installation view, Galleri Susanne Ottesen
Photo by Stine Heger
Enquire
Fredrik Tydén, Weird Tales, 2022, installation view, Galleri Susanne Ottesen
Photo by Stine Heger
Enquire
Fredrik Tydén, Weird Tales, 2022, installation view, Galleri Susanne Ottesen
Photo by Stine Heger
Enquire
Click/tap image to see full size
Namirrha
Silver bronze, 55,5 x 44,5 x 35 cm. FT/S 26. Edition 1 of 3, 2022
Enquire
Click/tap image to see full size
E_7_12
Patinated bronze, 133 x 54 x 5 cm. FT/S 8. Edition 1 of 3, 2022
Enquire
Click/tap image to see full size
Firenze_1
Patinated bronze, 32,5 x 84 x 6 cm. FT/S 10. Unique, 2022
Enquire
Click/tap image to see full size
Digits
Patinated bronze, 31,5 x 24 x 14 cm. FT/S 35. Unique, 2022
Enquire
Click/tap image to see full size
Digits
Patinated bronze, 68 x 12,5 x 7 cm. FT/S 14. Unique, 2022
Enquire
Click/tap image to see full size
Lilje_2 2022
Silver bronze, 12,5 x 29,5 x 7 cm. FT/S 56. Unique, 2022
Enquire
Click/tap image to see full size
Fredrik Tydén, Weird Tales, 2022, installation view, Galleri Susanne Ottesen
Photo by Stine Heger,
Enquire
Click/tap image to see full size
Fredrik Tydén, Weird Tales, 2022, installation view, Galleri Susanne Ottesen
Photo by Stine Heger,
Enquire
Click/tap image to see full size
Fredrik Tydén, Weird Tales, 2022, installation view, Galleri Susanne Ottesen
Photo by Stine Heger,
Enquire
Click/tap image to see full size
Fredrik Tydén, Weird Tales, 2022, installation view, Galleri Susanne Ottesen
Photo by Stine Heger,
Enquire
Click/tap image to see full size
Fredrik Tydén, Weird Tales, 2022, installation view, Galleri Susanne Ottesen
Photo by Stine Heger,
Enquire
It had been Karsden who had stood forward, a week ago, as was the right of any aboard, to propose the Squid make the derivation from the standard course, directly into the atmosphere. Karsden’s nerve had taken everyone by surprise. Whence came this challenge to the squid’s autonomy? Karsden was the first to admit that everyone aboard certainly owed their existence to the squid’s prescience and intervention, way back when. And blind adherence to its principles had served them well since. But there had not been a proven single instance of the squid’s interest in the human crew for more than fifteen years. And the instances before could well be imaginary. Karsden didn’t actually say any heretical words, or go far as to suggest that the squid might not be all the Squid believed it to be. But once they’d allowed Karsden to be the one who proposed the derivation, and risked alienating the squid by this intervention, they were willing to hear the proposal. Karsden was strangely disappointed when the squid did not react, killing them on the spot, as it had done poor Norx back in twenty-seven.
Excerpt from Ship called Squid, 2021 by Mark von Schlegell. Full text available on: https://susanneottesen.dk/exhibition/weird-tales/