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Martin Paaskesen imbues his paintings with freedom and immediacy. Drawing inspiration from his childhood memories, the artist revisits symbols of his identity with a radical and yet playful writing. Emerged from a vast negative space, the brush strokes are bold and energetic. The figures and shapes strike by their raw musicality. Paaskesen creates an upbeat and subtle narrative. The exhibition Tissue illustrates the broad pictorial language of the artist, ranging from totally abstract, naively painted works to more figurative, realistic paintings.
In his newest body of work Martin Paaskesen brings forth a new support system by glueing small patches of canvas onto the surface of his works creating more sculptural paintings. By doing so he intensifies his process of preparing for a new work physically and mentally. He cuts out squares of raw canvas and glues them next to each other in a serial pattern. While playing with raw canvas, using a minimalist approach, the artist is blurring the lines between figuration and abstraction.
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‘I am no artist’
Text by Martin Paaskesen
December 2022
I am no artist.
I always want to make a painting work. Really work. I need it to surpass my own understanding of my ability. It needs to grow beyond myself and surprise me. Sometimes it does, but it often does it in the empty spaces. The so called negative space. I want to fill up the negative space, making that space seem empty to the imagery, but actually make it the tissue of the artwork.
Like the outer space seems empty, but this is the mass that combines all the objects in the Universe. It’s the tissue.
And I want to fill the space with work. With fabric. With lust. With sex. With desire. With rage. With envy. With love. With texture. With boredom. With time. This is where I find my mom and dad. My cousins. The neighbourhood I grew up in. My childhood and the drinking. My childhood friends. My ambitions. My observiant self. My disillusion. My selfhatred. My selflove. My mania. My uncertainty. My life. My position.
I am a vessel to this.
Perhaps that makes me an artist after all.
In his newest body of work Martin Paaskesen brings forth a new support system by glueing small patches of canvas onto the surface of his works creating more sculptural paintings. By doing so he intensifies his process of preparing for a new work physically and mentally. He cuts out squares of raw canvas and glues them next to each other in a serial pattern. While playing with raw canvas, using a minimalist approach, the artist is blurring the lines between figuration and abstraction.
____________________________
‘I am no artist’
Text by Martin Paaskesen
December 2022
I am no artist.
I always want to make a painting work. Really work. I need it to surpass my own understanding of my ability. It needs to grow beyond myself and surprise me. Sometimes it does, but it often does it in the empty spaces. The so called negative space. I want to fill up the negative space, making that space seem empty to the imagery, but actually make it the tissue of the artwork.
Like the outer space seems empty, but this is the mass that combines all the objects in the Universe. It’s the tissue.
And I want to fill the space with work. With fabric. With lust. With sex. With desire. With rage. With envy. With love. With texture. With boredom. With time. This is where I find my mom and dad. My cousins. The neighbourhood I grew up in. My childhood and the drinking. My childhood friends. My ambitions. My observiant self. My disillusion. My selfhatred. My selflove. My mania. My uncertainty. My life. My position.
I am a vessel to this.
Perhaps that makes me an artist after all.
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Born 1987 in Aarhus, Denmark.
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.
SOLO & GROUP SHOWS
2023 ‘Tissue’, solo show, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2022 ‘Trespassing’, Duo Tiago Evangelista, Ainori Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2022 ‘FIVE!’ Paperworks group show, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2022 ‘Under the dome we roam’, Mott Projects, New York, USA
2021 ‘Fluffy Bananas’, duo show with Mike Okay, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2021 'Shotclock', solo show Galeria Fran Reus, Palma
2021 ’Pavilion’, group show, Galeria Fran Reus, Palma
2020 ’Slow dancing with fast feet’, solo show Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2020 ‘Staycation is a new artwork on your wall’, online group show, FouFou Contemporary
2020 ’Supper’, group show, Deli Grocery Gallery, New York (Cancelled)
2020 ’ICE ON’ solo show, Annika Nutall Gallery, Aarhus
2019 ‘Winter Selections' Groupshow, VÆG Contemporary Gallery, Aalborg
2019 North Artfair, VÆG Contemporary Gallery, Aalborg
2019 Cal-Arts Summer Groupshow, California Institute of The Arts, Los Angeles
2019 Soloshow, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2018 ‘Copenhagen Works’, soloshow, Brask HQ, Copenhagen
2018 On behalf of the uncut, soloshow, VÆG Contemporary Gallery, Aalborg
2017 Aller Media Art Association, soloshow, Aller Media Headquarters, Copenhagen
2017 DLA Piper Art Association, soloshow, DLA Piper headquarters, Copenhagen
2017 ’RAW’, partly selfmade Soloshow, Galleri Jacob Herskind, Vedbæk
2017 The Schools Art Association Aarhus, groupshow, Århus
2017 ‘Her er jeg’, soloshow, Copenhagen
ART FAIRS
2023 Art Rotterdam, Valerius Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2023 Art Hernig, Annika Nutall Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022 Luxembourg Art Week, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2022 Enter Art Fair, Annika Nutall Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022 Bordeaux Art & Design, Valerius Gallery, Bordeaux, France
2021 Luxembourg Art Week, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2021 Art Fair Dijon, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2021 Untitled Art Fair, Galeria Fran Reus, Miami, USA
2019 Luxembourg Art Week, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2018 North Artfair, VÆG Contemporary Gallery, Aalborg
OTHER PROJECTS
2023 Featured on: The Platform, by David Zwirner
2020 Article, Online, Dossier Magazine.
2020 Donation of work to Save the Children Christmas-auction.
2020 Mentioning in Børsen Pleasure magazine.
2020 Mural, Valby Hallen project, Curated by Jens-Peter Brask.
2019 Mentioning in Berlingske newspaper ‘one to watch’
2019 Mentioning in BoBedre Magazine, August issue
2019 Udsmykning, festival, Musik i Lejet, Tisvilde
2019 Donation of work at Red Cross Klub100 auction in collab with Roskilde Festival
2019 Folkemødet 2019, happening: live painting own version of Guernica 1:1
2019 Mentioning in Elle Decoration magazine, January issue
2018 Collab-projekt med fotograf Nicky De Silva til First Hotel-magazine
2018 Aarhus Streetartfestival during Aarhus Festuge, Aarhus
2018 Donation of work at Red Cross Klub100 auction in collab with Roskilde Festival
2018 Decoration, Henri Barbershop, curated by Jens-Peter Brask, Copenhagen
2018 2021Decoration, Nomad Workspace, curated by Jens-Peter Brask, Kbh.
SCHOLARSHIPS
2019 The Danish Art Foundation, work grant
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.
SOLO & GROUP SHOWS
2023 ‘Tissue’, solo show, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2022 ‘Trespassing’, Duo Tiago Evangelista, Ainori Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2022 ‘FIVE!’ Paperworks group show, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2022 ‘Under the dome we roam’, Mott Projects, New York, USA
2021 ‘Fluffy Bananas’, duo show with Mike Okay, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2021 'Shotclock', solo show Galeria Fran Reus, Palma
2021 ’Pavilion’, group show, Galeria Fran Reus, Palma
2020 ’Slow dancing with fast feet’, solo show Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2020 ‘Staycation is a new artwork on your wall’, online group show, FouFou Contemporary
2020 ’Supper’, group show, Deli Grocery Gallery, New York (Cancelled)
2020 ’ICE ON’ solo show, Annika Nutall Gallery, Aarhus
2019 ‘Winter Selections' Groupshow, VÆG Contemporary Gallery, Aalborg
2019 North Artfair, VÆG Contemporary Gallery, Aalborg
2019 Cal-Arts Summer Groupshow, California Institute of The Arts, Los Angeles
2019 Soloshow, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2018 ‘Copenhagen Works’, soloshow, Brask HQ, Copenhagen
2018 On behalf of the uncut, soloshow, VÆG Contemporary Gallery, Aalborg
2017 Aller Media Art Association, soloshow, Aller Media Headquarters, Copenhagen
2017 DLA Piper Art Association, soloshow, DLA Piper headquarters, Copenhagen
2017 ’RAW’, partly selfmade Soloshow, Galleri Jacob Herskind, Vedbæk
2017 The Schools Art Association Aarhus, groupshow, Århus
2017 ‘Her er jeg’, soloshow, Copenhagen
ART FAIRS
2023 Art Rotterdam, Valerius Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2023 Art Hernig, Annika Nutall Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022 Luxembourg Art Week, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2022 Enter Art Fair, Annika Nutall Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022 Bordeaux Art & Design, Valerius Gallery, Bordeaux, France
2021 Luxembourg Art Week, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2021 Art Fair Dijon, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2021 Untitled Art Fair, Galeria Fran Reus, Miami, USA
2019 Luxembourg Art Week, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2018 North Artfair, VÆG Contemporary Gallery, Aalborg
OTHER PROJECTS
2023 Featured on: The Platform, by David Zwirner
2020 Article, Online, Dossier Magazine.
2020 Donation of work to Save the Children Christmas-auction.
2020 Mentioning in Børsen Pleasure magazine.
2020 Mural, Valby Hallen project, Curated by Jens-Peter Brask.
2019 Mentioning in Berlingske newspaper ‘one to watch’
2019 Mentioning in BoBedre Magazine, August issue
2019 Udsmykning, festival, Musik i Lejet, Tisvilde
2019 Donation of work at Red Cross Klub100 auction in collab with Roskilde Festival
2019 Folkemødet 2019, happening: live painting own version of Guernica 1:1
2019 Mentioning in Elle Decoration magazine, January issue
2018 Collab-projekt med fotograf Nicky De Silva til First Hotel-magazine
2018 Aarhus Streetartfestival during Aarhus Festuge, Aarhus
2018 Donation of work at Red Cross Klub100 auction in collab with Roskilde Festival
2018 Decoration, Henri Barbershop, curated by Jens-Peter Brask, Copenhagen
2018 2021Decoration, Nomad Workspace, curated by Jens-Peter Brask, Kbh.
SCHOLARSHIPS
2019 The Danish Art Foundation, work grant
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