paris
8 avenue Matignon
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Dans la tête de Balthus
curateur : Edwart Vignot, Isotta Bosi
group show
Born in 1965 in Gothenburg, Sweden
Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden
Jens Fänge a développé une esthétique surréaliste qui s’inscrit à la croisée des chemins entre la pratique du collage du début du xxe siècle et l’art ancien du théâtre d’ombres. Sur le principe des matriochkas, elle consiste à assembler des peintures les unes dans les autres. Maître de l’éclectisme, il semble précipiter toute une hiérarchie de genres dans ses œuvres composites qui rassemblent des portraits iconiques, des natures mortes, des intérieurs domestiques, des paysages urbains et naturels mais aussi des abstractions géométriques. Il les rend au moyen d’une grande variété de médiums et de matériaux, comme la peinture à l’huile, le crayon, le vinyle, le carton ou le tissu sur panneau. Les protagonistes détourés, souvent découpés, qui figurent dans les jeux picturaux raffinés de l’artiste semblent disparaître dans ces multiples couches de représentation qui simulent un plateau de théâtre, se chevauchent, et donnent naissance à un labyrinthe complexe, potentiellement sans fin, de perspectives mouvantes, non seulement dans chaque composition, mais aussi dans chaque série prise comme un tout.
education
1989–1994
- The Valand Academy of Fine Arts, Gothenburg, Sweden
1987–1989
- Hovedskous School of Painting, Gothenburg, Sweden
solo shows
2022
- Jens Fänge, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
2021
- Inner Songes, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
2020
- Jens Fänge, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
2019
- Alcove, Galerie Perrotin, New York, USA
2018
- Drömmarna, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2017
- Sister Feelings, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
2016
- The Hours Before, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
2014
- Jens Fänge, Arnstedt Östra Karup, Båstad, Sweden
2013
- Das Schauspeil, ABC Station Berlin, Germany
- Förvandlingsrummet / Room of Transformation, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
2012
- Historia de la noche, Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Sweden
- Diplopia (two-person exhibition with Carl Hammoud), Baton Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010
- Saltarvet, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden
2009
- En lång ljus vecka, Galleri Erik Steen, Oslo, Norway
- Blänk och strålar/Gleams and Beams,Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
2008
- Kristianstad Konsthall, Kristianstad, Sweden
2007
- Thordén Wetterling Galleri, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Arnstedt & Kullgren Galleri, Östra Karup, Sweden
2006
- Maison du Peuple, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
2005
- Östersunds Konstförening, Ahlbergshallen, Östersund, Sweden
2003
- Arnstedt Kullgren Galleri, Östra Karup, Sweden
2002
- Flat, Baroque and Berserk, Schaper Sundberg Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden
2001
- Galleri Wang, Oslo, Norway
- Galleri Wallner, Malmö, Sweden
1999
- Stalke, Köpenhamn, Denmark
1998
- Schaper Sundberg Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden
- Good Life Project, The BBQ Series, New York, USA
1996
- Gothenburg Museum of Art, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Schaper Sundberg Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden
1995
- Lindblad Thordén Galleri, Gothenburg, Sweden
group shows
2022
- Regarde-moi, Perrotin, Paris, France
2021
- 1100 Degrees, CFHILL, Stockholm, Sweden
- Realism?, Konsthallen Lokstallet, Strömstad, Sweden
- Glass Tableware in Still Life, Olle Nymans ateljéer, Saltsjö-Duvnäs, Sweden
- Towards Another World, The Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden
2020
- Intermezzo, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
2019
- LOVE by Pierre Yovanovitch, R & Company, New York, USA
2017
- Valand Revisited, Strandverket, Marstrand, Sweden
- Les imaginaires d’un monde in-tranquille, Abbaye Saint-André / Centre d’art contemporain Meymac, France
2016
- XVI Vilnius Painting Triennial, Vilnius, Poland
2014
- Här/Nu, Artipelag, Stockholm, Sweden
- Blueprint, Great Hall, MOCA-Tucson, USA
- Samlarens blick – konst ur samtida samlingar, Konsthallen–Bohusläns museum, Uddevalla, Sweden
2013
- Syner på ögats baksida, Karlskrona Konsthall, Sweden
- Time Waits for Us, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
2012
- Sturehof, (two-person exhibition with Klara Kristalova), Stockholm, Sweden
- Konst är Dyrbarare än Korv, Varbergs Konsthall, Sweden
- Supersurrealismen, Moderna Museet Malmö, Malmö, Sweden
2011
- Stena 15, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Galleri Örsta, Kumla, Sweden
- Välkommen tillbaka! Saltarvet 10 år, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden
- Pudelns Hjärna, Hellvi Kännungs, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Gotland, Sweden
2010
- Today is Yesterday Tomorrow, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
- Modernautställningen, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Thrice Upon a Time, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2009
- Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
- Samtidigt, Borås Konstmuseum, Borås, Sweden
- Önskekonst, Länsmuseet Gävleborg, Gävle, Sweden
2008
- Carnegie Art Award 2008, ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishoj, Danmark, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, Konstakademin, Stockholm, Kunsthalle Helsinki
2007
- Painting, Space and Society, Konsthallen Göteborg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Forest assembly, GAD Oslo, Norway
2006
- Abstract Athletics – New positions in Painting, Kusthallen Braderigården, Viborg Denmark
- Spiralhuset, Tensta Konsthall, Sweden
2005
- Erase and Rewind, Bukowskis, Stockholm, Sweden
- Arnstedt Kullgren Galleri, Östra Karup, Sweden
2004
- This sweet sickness, Rhodes+Mann Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- Natural Born Painters, Bomuldsfabriken, Arendal, Norway
- Carnegie Art Award, Victoria Miro Warehouse, London, United Kingdom
2003
- Carnegie Art Award, Konstakademin Stockholm, Kópavogur Art Museum, Island, Kunstnerernas Hus, Oslo, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
- Contemporary Art from Sweden, ECB, Frankfurt, Germany
- Nostalgic Real, Müller De Chiara Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- Latterens uttryck, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
2002
- En samling samtida, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Necessary Fictions, De Chiara Gallery, New York, USA
2001
- Carnegie Art Award, ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishoj, Danmark, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, Konstakademin, Stockholm, Kunsthalle Helsinki
- Markers, Outdoor Banner Event at 49th Venice Biennale, Italy
2000
- Construction in Process VII, International Artists Museum, Bydgoszcz, Poland
1999
- Free Coke, Green Naftali Gallery, New York, USA
- Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1998
- Message to Pretty, Thread Waxing Space, New York, USA
- PULSE Painting Now, RARE, New York, USA
- Under Construction, Gen Art, New York, USA
- From Here, High St. Project, Christchurch, New Zeeland
public collections
- Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Sweden Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway
- Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden Skövde Konstmuseum, Göteborg, Sweden
- Borås Konstmuseum, Borås, Sweden
- Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden
- Magasin III Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
