Matias Faldbakken,
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'Extreme Siesta' at Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
19 September to 22 November 2009
Matias Faldbakken exhibits new series of works in 'Extreme Siesta' at Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen, Switzerland. With this exhibition, Faldbakken continues his exploration of negational aesthetics, through a new series of works focusing on 'art as non-work'. This exhibition is organised by the director of Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen and former guest in OCA's International Visitor Programme in January 2008, Giovanni Carmine.
Matias Faldbakken's exhibition in Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen is supported with a grant from OCA's International Support Programme.
'Shocked into Abstraction' at IKON, Birmingham, UK
25 November 2009 to 24 January 2010
Matias Faldbakken will exhibit a selection of works from 2003–09 in 'Shocked into Abstraction' at IKON, in Birmingham. This is the first solo exhibition by Falbakken at a public institution in the UK. 'Shocked into Abstraction', currently on view at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo, establishes dialogues between his recent work and other major works from the last five years. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue documenting his works form 2003 to 2009 and commissioned essays by Peter Osborne, Jennifer Allen, Andrea Kroksnes and Øystein Ustvedt.
Matias Faldbakken's exhibition at IKON is supported with a grant from OCA's International Support Programme.
Matias Faldbakken (b.1973, Hobro, Denmark, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) is a graduate of The Academy of Fine Art, Bergen, Norway, and Staatliche Hochshule für Bildende Künste, Städelshcule, Frankfurt am Main. His solo exhibition 'Shocked into Abstraction' is currently on view in the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo. Other recent exhibitions include 'Matias Faldbakken', Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, NY, 'The way of the Bummer', Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK (2008), 'Empty Glass', Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin (2008).