Christian Falsnaes

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Christian Falsnaes (2013)

Christian Falsnaes (* 1980 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish artist. He lives and works in Berlin .

Life

Falsnaes began his artistic career on the streets of Copenhagen as a graffiti artist . There he also studied philosophy from 2001 to 2003. After a short stay in Zurich he went to Vienna and studied there from 2005 to 2011 at the Academy of Fine Arts with Daniel Richter , Peter Kogler and Constanze Ruhm . After completing his studies, he moved to Berlin.

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"Justified Beliefs"

Before studying art, Christian Falsnaes began performing and interacting in public spaces in Copenhagen . Since 2009 he has been developing performances based on a ready-made script. In the beginning he himself played a central role and motivated the audience to actively participate in the action in order to experience himself as a person and as part of a work of art. The viewer should cross personal boundaries through active inclusion, overcome them and feel the moment of liberation and change. Falsnaes said in an interview:

"When I involve the viewer in the process of art production, it is also about sharing all of this instead of just showing the result of my private artistic process."

Dealing with authority, hierarchies, social and especially pop-cultural rituals is an integral part of his art.

“Dealing with the structure of power, or with group dynamics, is in itself political. For me, it's not so much about people following or reacting in a certain way, but about making the audience feel how certain rituals affect them. ”Christian Falsnaes

In his more recent work, Falsnaes withdraws more and more physically from the actions. The instructions to the audience are now given by headphones, loudspeakers or by employed "instructors". Often his performances are now carried out as "female versions" in which the former role of Falsnaes is taken over by female artists. He himself often mingles with the audience and takes part as a spectator. By withdrawing his artistic person, an additional transfer of authority takes place, which involves the audience even more in his art. Many performances are documented in video recordings. However, there are also works of art that emerge from the actions, such as canvases that have been painted by the audience according to the artist's instructions. Or the so-called “surface memory”, in which a canvas with paint is peeled off in public space on walls or bus stops and documented with photos.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2015: 'Many', Juan & Patricia Vergez Collection, Buenos Aires; 'The title is your name', Bielefelder Kunstverein ; 'Available', Kunstverein Braunschweig
  • 2014: 'Justified Beliefs', Art Basel Statements, Switzerland
  • 2013: 'Opening', KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin
  • 2011: 'ELIXIR', PSM Gallery, Berlin
  • 2010: 'There and Back', Skånes Konstförening, Malmö, Sweden
  • 2008: 'Rational Animal', Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna

Group exhibitions (selection)

  • 2011: ACTS, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark
  • 2010: 'Speak & Spell', curated by Spike Art Quarterly, COCO, Vienna
  • 2008: 'International Prize for Performance', Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy

literature

  • 2015: Vertigo of Reality, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Verlag Walther König

The Lulennial: A Slight Gestuary, ex.cat, Mousse Publishing 30/30 retro / perspective, ex.cat. Museum für Neue Kunst Freiburg More Conception Conception now, ex.cat, Kettler Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86206-429-8 ( online )

  • 2013: One, ex.cat, DREI, Cologne

Søren Kierkegaard Either / or, ex.cat. Haus am Waldsee, Verlag Walther König H13 Prize for Performance 2007–2012, Kunstraum Niederösterreich

  • 2012: Increasingly colorful - Current Painting from Austria, ex.cat., Galerie im Taxis Palais, Kerber Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86678-766-7 ( online )

Regionale12, ex.cat, Regionale12 Modes of Address, ex.cat., Salzburger Kunstverein A good reason is one that looks like one, Message Salon, Zurich

  • 2011: The present author - Who speaks in Performance ?, Revolver Publishing

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stella Plapp, "Art and body," Bachelor thesis, Karl-Franzens University Graz, 2014
  2. ↑ Kunstforum International 2016
  3. ↑ Annika Reith, "Without you there is no work", Spex 11/2015
  4. ↑ Marcus Woeller, "Controlled Group Dynamics", Die Welt, 9/2015
  5. ^ Raimar Stange, "The direct relationship between art and audience", Kunstforum International # 240, 2016
  6. ↑ Eva Scharrer, "You are now leaving the comfort zone!", Artmagazine, 10/2014
personal data
SURNAME Falsnaes, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish painter, graphic artist, performance and video artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen