My new show “Everything is Amplifed” is now open at Hans Alf Gallery here in Copenhagen.
Thank you so much to everyone who came out for the opening. The show runs until April 27th. For information about the works you are always welcome to get in contact with Hans Alf Gallery on info(@)hansalf.com. You can also see an overview of the show on Artsy here.
My next show “Sharksmiles and Sunflowers” will open at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery in London the 23rd of May. To get updates on new available works for that show please join my mailinglist here and you will be amongst the first to know. You are also welcome to email Kristin Hjellegjerde for a preview on info(@)kristinhjellegjerde.com
Read more about Everything is Amplified below.
thanks for reading
Anders
EVERYTHING IS AMPLIFIED
In “Everything is Amplified”, SCRMN revisits something that was vital in his early works; an almost fetishistic obsession with seemingly trivial objects, which are elevated and impregnated with complex stories and personal memories in the artist’s idiosyncratic vernacular. The childhood PEZ dispensers meticulously arranged on a skateboard; an old suitcase; a woman’s pink pumps; a miniature horse; an upright piano – all of these are innocent objects of everyday life that are bestowed with a new and deeper meaning in SCRMN’s peculiar tableaus. And concurrently the picture frame is ceaselessly invaded by trees, shrubbery, twigs, flowers and leaves as constant reminders of a metaphoric wilderness lurking in or around us; a symbolic juxtaposition of nature and culture.
“Everything is Amplified” has two meanings: On one hand, the title refers to the actual amplifiers in SCRMN’s new paintings; on the other, it refers to a more abstract feeling that everything in the show – colors, emotions, objects – are enlarged.
The artist explains this quite poignantly:
“The first painting, I did for the show, was of a guitar amp. There is a lot of nostalgia in guitar amplifiers for me; they remind me of my teenage years, of punk, rebellion, and youthful noise. So that became the impetus for the show. At the same time, the title also refers to the depicted objects themselves, as they are generally enhanced and amplified. In some sense, I have zoomed in on everything in a sort of hyper-sensitive, mescaline teenage fever-dream, where every object is imbued with private emotions and memories. In a lot of ways, “Everything is Amplified” marks a return to the exhibition “The World Was Weird” from 2014 and my obsession with the inherent history of a given object. Back then, American author John Albert wrote that “seemingly unremarkable objects become keys to unraveling memories and the nature of the human experience.” I think that sums up the exhibition quite well.
