Art studio and consulting firm based in toronto, canada. His painting, sculptures, videos, and installations cultivate an attitude that subtly addresses doubts over whether any form of refusal can still exist without being immediately popularized. The restaurant the hills stands at the center of matias faldbakken s new novel, a story of waiters and regulars, chandeliers and cloakroom attendants, mezzanines and storage cellars, bar managers and inhouse pianists. Simon lee gallery new york is pleased to present black feast, an exhibition of works that emerge from experiences of anxiety, protest and trauma, both direct and mediated. He has only one friend who also frequents the restaurant with his niece. Matias faldbakken born 1973 in hobro, denmark is a norwegian artist and writer. Since documenta only arrives every five years, hopefully its okay to spend the next year or so writing about it. Matias faldbakken 1973 is an artist and writer living in oslo. In his film, sculpture, installation, photography, and wall paintings, mattias faldbakken uses traditional acts of vandalism and its materialssuch as paint, markers, tape, and fire. One of the more unusual moments came in kassels youth library, where matias faldbakken had installed his untitled book sculpture 20082012, throwing dozens of books from their shelves onto the ground. Matias faldbakken intervention at museum boijmans, rotterdam. Matias faldbakken s heterogeneous work is characterized by his crossmedia praxis. Pete wells wrote in the new york times about faldbakken s recent book. In this norwegian novel, an oldschool waiter tries to.
The search phrases are printed chronologically according to when they were typed into the search box. It is the observations of a single waiter in an upscale formal restaurant. The tile drawing is a development of his tile series, which faldbakken has been working on since 2006. Instead of erasing or obscuring the motive as he has previously done, the artist uses a tiled wall area as a ground for a drawing, bringing a handmade motive to the forefront. Matias faldbakken s multimedia audio and video installation europe is balding shows a shrouded, backlit figure reciting a story on camera. Astrup fearnley museet, institution, matias faldbakken, norway, oslo. The waiter by matias faldbakken is definitely one of my favorites to read while in quarantine. This work was presented by the art fund through art fund. Matias faldbakken contemporary art daily, contemporary. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing. Matias faldbakken at museum boijmans van beuningen new. After finishing his education at the academy of fine. Blurring the line between the readymade and fabricated sculpture, this work exists simultaneously as a reference to the real world of metropolitan dystopia and as pure formal gesture. Faldbakken s practice holds in perpetual tension the forces of proposition and cancellation, vandalism and erasure, aesthetic generosity and conceptual restraint.
Matias faldbakken at eva presenhuber contemporary art. Untitled jerry can rod matias faldbakken art funded 2012 dimensions 49 x 340 x 37 cm vendor. Matias faldbakken s most popular book is the waiter. The witnesss speech, pitched precisely to the point at which it has been rendered unintelligible, slips from comprehension, collapsing into obscurity. A stark, blackandwhite publication, the mess includes nearly 80 paintings by norwegianborn artist gardar eide einarsson born 1976 that explore the relationship between authority and rebellion through visual signs and symbols taken from sources. Matias faldbakken fashioned by slavery and concrete crate 2012 indian ink on framed lightjet print on fuji chrystal archival grade paper, poured concrete and wooden crate with lever. His artwork does the same, taking on systems of knowledge, power, order and exchange. The book so far is really interesting to me and i hope some of you guys check it out some time. Text by matias faldbakken, karl homqvist, steven parrino, oscar tuazon. His search phrases, reproduced here chronologically, were mostly oriented around image searches, and therefore illustrate the verbal foundations of faldbakken s art. Oslo, texas skandinavisk misantropi faldbakken, matias on. Matias faldbakken faldbakken is a norwegian author and artist who was born in hobro, denmark. Matias faldbakken box 4 2014 available for sale artsy.
World renowned scientists meet great artists to share their views of the world and ideas for our time. Oslo, texas is the second in a new series of publications issued by the power station, dallas, documenting the institutions recent sitespecific project with norwegian artist and writer matias faldbakken. Matias faldbakken is the author of the highly successful. We create art and objects to enhance our contemporary spaces. Sportplatz rittergasse 5 for parcours, faldbakken has created two new works. In his film, sculpture, installation, photography, and wall paintings, mattias faldbakken uses traditional acts of vandalism and its materialssuch as paint, markers. Filled with acid humor and low blows, his immediately notorious books investigated the relationships between underground and mainstream culture in norway. Matias faldbakken press release paula cooper gallery. Matias faldbakken s works convey a notion of defiance. Expanding on the themes of his popular trilogy scandinavian misanthropy written under the pseudonym abo rasul, the artist has exhibited crushed shipping crates, graffitied walls, concrete sculptures cast from gasoline cans and flatscreen television boxes, and. Matias faldbakken fashioned by slavery and concrete crate 2012 indian ink on framed lightjet print on fuji chrystal archival grade paper, poured concrete and wooden crate with lever straps 122 x 164 x 3. Through a wide range of voices, the exhibition will explore parallels between disparate communities and their relationships to personal and collective trauma. The sculpture will be nine metres tall and stand on the axis of st marys church ruins and akershus fortress. See available works on paper, paintings, and sculpture for sale and learn about the artist.
We know nothing about him except that he must be lonely. Untitled jerry can rod by matias faldbakken art fund. The waiter is his first novel in nine years and the very first he has written under his own name. Documenta, by faldbakken, matias and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The entire book is about his thoughts and judgments about several regular customers. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your first box. Vice versa art books matias faldbakken, not made visible.
Matias faldbakken box 2 2014 available for sale artsy. Matias faldbakken s untitled book sculpture in oslo and at documenta matias faldbakken, untitled book sculpture, 20082012. In 2005 he represented norway at the venice biennale and his installation book sculpture is currently on show at documenta in kassel. This volume occupies a space in between the artists visual. Like the contents of a tippedover drawer, this exhibition by norwegian novelist and artist matias faldbakken seems to have slid to one side of paula coopers main gallery. Rising oslo artist and writer matias faldbakken, born in 1973, has published two novels under the alias abo rasul. Matias faldbakken at paula cooper gallery, new york. Berlinbased sculptor yngve holen born 1982 explores the relationship between human and machine, creating sculptures with industrial items that bear traces of their use and users. A row of metal lockers, squeezed and held together by neon yellow transport belts. He is the son of the author knut faldbakken and brother of film director stefan faldbakken.
Faldbakken studied at the national academy of fine arts in bergen and the stadelschule in frankfurt am main. Its a continental interior that greets the visitor as they enter the premises, a downtrodden mosaic of concentric circles on the floor and walls covered in portraits. Matias faldbakken is a worldrenowned contemporary artist and writer who shows with the paula cooper gallery in new york, and has been hailed as one of the freshest new voices to emerge in norwegian literature during the past decade. Matias faldbakken at museum boijmans van beuningen. Matias faldbakken at astrup fearnley museet contemporary art. Drenched with acid humor and continuously hitting below the waist, his books immediately caused a considerable stir in norway. Matias faldbakken artist bio and art for sale artspace. If matias faldbakken s work awakens your senses and blows your mind, resulting in disappointment, good. Known for his novels as well as his art, matias faldbakken explores antisocial behavior and vandalistic impulses with dark humor. For the 100 days of the exhibition, the poor children of kassel had to wade through the pile on the ground to find some volumes. Matias faldbakken has 17 books on goodreads with 10754 ratings. New yorkpaula cooper gallery is pleased to announce two presentations of work by matias faldbakken.
His new novel the hills will be released autumn 2017. In early 2012 he staged a solo exhibition at the office for contemporary. Matias faldbakken s proposal for the museum island is a copper sculpture based on the exterior shape of old aker church gamle aker kirke. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. The publication features contributions by john kelsey, artist josh smith and a translated excerpt from faldbakken s novel.
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