Jan Christensen (Artist)
Jan Christensen (* 1977 in Copenhagen ) is an artist and curator living in Berlin and Oslo .
life and work
From 1997 to 2000 Jan Christensen attended the National College of Art and Design in Oslo. He lives and works in Berlin and Oslo.
As an artist, Jan Christensen makes use of film , music , painting and sculpture , with painting and sculpture predominating. Coming from the graffiti scene in Oslo, parallels to his large-scale wall paintings , which decorate the interiors of museums and galleries, as well as ordinary exterior facades, are recognizable. However, Christensen developed his own visual language in his works. In his work, he addresses language in words and sentences on the one hand and the act of painting itself on the other. B. in his series Some Titles for Which I Don't Know What to Make . The latter in the series Painting Myself into a Corner . The theft of the Relative Value canvas , equipped with Norwegian cones valued at approx. 16,000 US dollars, two days before the end of the exhibition caused a stir . With Relative Value Christensen intended to critically reflect the values of the art market towards artistic work and saw the loss of the work as an investment.
Exhibitions (selection)
Jan Christensen's work has been shown in solo exhibitions at Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, the Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand , the Østfold Kunstnersenter, Fredrikstad , the Kubus Lenbachhaus in Munich , the Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (SMAK), Gent , Kunsthaus Baselland , Basel or the Oslo Kunsthall , Oslo. Group exhibitions including Momentum. The Nordic Biennial for Contemporary Art , curated by Power Ekroth & Erland Hammer, Moss , To Be with Art is All We Ask , curated by Gunnar Kvaran and Therese Möllenhoff, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien , Berlin, 1st Biennale for International Light Art , Ruhr, Intensif-Station , curated by Dr. Susanne Meyer-Büser, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen , Düsseldorf , Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul , Detroit MOCA, Detroit
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Sandberg, Lotte: Kritiske hundrelapper Aftenposten, January 30 2007
- ↑ Helena Schwarzenbeck: ... and it's art! In: www.sueddeutsche.de. December 9, 2009, accessed January 25, 2020 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Christensen, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish-Norwegian artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen , Denmark |