Marius Engh – Luis Adelantado Valencia

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Marius Engh

Drain, 2012. Welded aluminum. 150 x 100 x 11 cm

Victory Over the Sun, 2011. Hand-tufted wool. 903 x 537 x 1 cm

Profile, 2016. Handmade plaster stucco. 23 x 7 x variable length

A Dog’s Name, 2010. Welded aluminum and screws. 125 x 75 x 89 cm

Blue Lamp, 2014. Metal, spray paint, glass, light bulb, electrical wire. 230 x 50 x 50 cm

Double Fantasy # 1—4, 2015. Photograph, inkjet on matt art paper and stamp. 68 x 51,5 cm (each one)

Adrift, 2007. Cotton fabric, nylon ropes. 135 x 135 x 1 cm

P (Imperial Castle, Poznan), 2013 / 2016. Surfnyl textile, patch and grommets. 183 x 107 cm

Core Box, 2018. Bohemia, VIS, Hamburg, 2018. Photo: Fred Dott

Desperate Cases and Lost Causes, 2011. Welded Steel, brass. 75 x 55 x 35 cm

Le Tripode, 2019. Wooden boards, beams and sheets, nails and screws. 458 x 367 x 333 cm. Espazio VEDA. Florence, Italy

Bio

Marius Engh (1974, Oslo) understands objects by their ability to give and retain information, as representatives of a standardized, everyday way of life whose function and meaning refer to a given inheritance. His work appropriates these already existing forms and then replaces them in another context or under new readings, creating a sort of formalist encounter whose expression displaces the predominant cultural narrative, as well as the way of relating to its environment.

A selection of recent solo exhibitions includes Krutthuset i Maridalen (Oslo) Galerie Emanuel Layr (Rome), STANDARD Gallery (Oslo) and VEDA (Florence). His works have been included in exhibitions at Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (Paris), Munchmuseet (Oslo), Tenerife Espacio de las Artes (Tenerife), Glassbox, (Paris) Henie Onstad Art Center (Hovik), Kunsthall Oslo, (Oslo), Westfälischer Kunstverein (Munster), Bergen Kunsthall (Bergen), Witte de With (Rotterdam) and Kiasma (Helsinki).

News

Bohemia (Les Jours et les Nuits), 2020. Luis Adelantado. Valencia, Spain

Boneless and Economical Notes and Illustrations, 2019. Florence, Italy

Bohemia, 2018. VIS. Hamburg, Germany

Double Bill, 2018. Galerie Emanuel Layr. Roma, Italy

Ornamental Sleep, 2015. Luis Adelantado Valencia. Valencia, Spain

ESCHSCHOLZIA CALIFORNICA, 2016. Spazio VEDA. Florence, Italy

ESCHSCHOLZIA CALIFORNICA, 2017. STANDARD (OSLO). Oslo, Norway