MODUS OPERANDI

Anna Sørensen
Malte Fisker
Niels Nedergaard (1944-1987)

Duration
18.03.-23.04.2011
(Closed 21+22.04.2011)

Opening
18.03.2011 at 5-8 PM

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Modus Operandi: Origin: from Latin ‘mode of operating’, formed by mode ‘way or mode’ and operari ‘work or operating’. Meaning: someone’s habits or manner of working, their method of operating or functioning.

Anna Sorensen has in collaboration with Galleri Tom Christoffersen arranged the exhibition “modus operandi”. We have invited the young artist Malte Fisker and selected works of Niels Nedergaard (1944-1987). The three artists represents three generations within the abstract painting, each with their distinctive idea of the genre.

By Niels Nedergaard, we show the pattern paintings he was known for after he in 1979 moved to Cairo. In his art, he was inspired by the Islamic ornamentation, and his paintings emerge in rigid compositions with strong bright colors. The triangle is repeated in an almost manic gesture beyond the rectangular picture plane and new forms is created by a play of colors and light. In the meeting between the lines, shapes and colours the plot of Anna Sørensen’s paintings is unfolded. Her lyrical compositions balances in a variety of colors and a very dense shape structure. Malte fisker zooms a little farther out and works on larger surfaces in his paintings, where the inspiration from the American “post-painterly abstraction” painters is revealed. In a more subdued color scheme the pictorial space is formed by handheld soft edged geometric shapes that give the images a sophisticated openness.

Thanks to Viera Collaro for kindly lending us the works of Niels Nedergaard

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Steen Møller Rasmussen (1953) shows portraits of international artists among others LawrenceWeiner, Sophie Calle, Nam June Paik, Sigmar Polke and Cindy Sherman.

Anna Sørensen (1968) graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, copenhagen in 1996 and has been at Gallery Tom Christensen since 2002.
Niels Nedergaard (1944-1987) was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts, Jutland and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen 1966-75. He joined the artist group New Abstraction in 1977. From 1979 until his death he lived in Cairo.
Malte Fisker (1988) are attending the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen and will graduate in 2012.

Anna Sørensen Untitled 2010 oil and acrylic on canvas 2 x 50 x 150 cm

Anna Sørensen: Untitled. 2010, acrylic and oil on canvas, 90x110 cm

Malte Fisker Untitled 2009 Oil on canvas 100 x 120 cm

Malte Fisker Untitled 2009 Oil on canvas 120 x 120 cm

Niels Nedergaard Untitled year unknown Crayon on paper 52 x 52 cm

Installation view Anna Sørensen, Malte Fisker, Niels Nedergaard Modus Operandi Galleri Tom Christoffersen, 2011

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Steen Møller Rasmussen: Portraits

Steen Møller Rasmussen tv. Sigurdur Gudmundsson 2011, c-print, 18x24cm, ed 6 th. Lawrence Weiner 1996, c-print, 18x24cm, ed. 6

Steen Møller Rasmussen tv. Sam Taylor-Wood. 1997, c-print, 18x24cm, ed. 6 th. Georg Bazelitz 2006, c-print, 18x24cm, ed. 6

Steen Møller Rasmussen tv. Cindy Sherman 2007, c-print, 18x24cm, ed. 6 th. Martin Kippenberger 1996, c-print, 18x24cm, ed. 6

Steen Møller Rasmussen tv.: Thomas Demand 2003, c-print, 18x24cm, ed. 6 th.: Robert Frank 1995, c-print, 18x24cm, ed. 6

Steen Møller Rasmussen tv. Sophie Calle 2010, c-print, 18x24cm, ed. 6 th. Mark Tansey 1995, c-print, 18x24cm, ed. 6

Steen Møller Rasmussen tv. Sigmar Polke 2001, c-print, 18x24cm, ed. 6 th. Nam June Paik 1992, c-print, 18x24cm, ed. 6