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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup:Photo: Malle Madsen
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Michael Kvium
Evindeligt maleri #2, 1995 - 1996Oil on canvas230 x 230 cm
90.55 x 90.55 inMKV96003Michael Kvium has portrayed the follies of humanity for over four decades through diverse mediums, including painting, drawing, sculpture, film, and performance. His work explores the depths of life, especially...Michael Kvium has portrayed the follies of humanity for over four decades through diverse mediums, including painting, drawing, sculpture, film, and performance. His work explores the depths of life, especially the facets humanity often seeks to suppress. By exposing concealed realities, Kvium has left a profound mark on art history and the minds of his audience.
In "Everlasting Painting", biomorphic forms float in a weightless, indefinite void. These organ-like shapes blur the line between life and death, presence and absence, evoking both familiarity and unease. The paintings examine human fragility, presenting existence as a paradox – eternal yet unresolved, suspended between being and nothingness.Exhibitions
2025: The Noise of Nothingness, NILS STÆRK, Copenhagen, DK1999: Eyegoblack, Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR
1999: Museo National de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, AR
1999: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, CL
1999: Trapholt – Museum of Modern Art, Craft and Design, Kolding, DK
1996: KLF – Michael Kvium, Christian Lemmerz, Erik A. Frandsen, ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishøj, DK
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