MIKKEL CARL

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Mikkel Carl
Flex on you Haters

kbh_kabinet
Glostrup

A VAGUE NOTHING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUBJECT AND OBJECT, 2017
Graphite, lacquer, rust, and hot glue on double-sided fibre-board panels
Dimensions variable to installation (each panel: 122 x 305cm)

 
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Installation view

 
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A VAGUE NOTHING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUBJECT AND OBJECT, 2017 (detail)
Graphite, lacquer, rust, and hot glue on double-sided fibre-board panels
Dimensions variable to installation (each panel: 122 x 305cm)

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_0285_1.jpg


Installation view

 
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UNTITLED (GLAMOUR IS FOR THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD NOT TO BE GLAMOROUS), 2018 (detail)
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, hot glue, gold leaf, aluminum stretchers
100 x 100cm

 
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A VAGUE NOTHING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUBJECT AND OBJECT, 2017
Graphite, lacquer, rust, and hot glue on double-sided fibre-board panels
Dimensions variable to installation (each panel: 122 x 305cm)

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_0341_1.jpg


A VAGUE NOTHING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUBJECT AND OBJECT, 2017 (detail)
Graphite, lacquer, rust, and hot glue on double-sided fibre-board panels
Dimensions variable to installation (each panel: 122 x 305cm)

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_0402.jpg


A VAGUE NOTHING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUBJECT AND OBJECT, 2017 (detail)
Graphite, lacquer, rust, and hot glue on double-sided fibre-board panels
Dimensions variable to installation (each panel: 122 x 305cm)

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_0450.jpg


A VAGUE NOTHING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUBJECT AND OBJECT, 2017
Graphite, lacquer, rust, and hot glue on double-sided fibre-board panels
Dimensions variable to installation (each panel: 122 x 305cm)

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_0349.jpg


A VAGUE NOTHING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUBJECT AND OBJECT, 2017 (detail)
Graphite, lacquer, rust, and hot glue on double-sided fibre-board panels
Dimensions variable to installation (each panel: 122 x 305cm)

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_0397.jpg


A VAGUE NOTHING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUBJECT AND OBJECT, 2017 (detail)
Graphite, lacquer, rust, and hot glue on double-sided fibre-board panels
Dimensions variable to installation (each panel: 122 x 305cm)

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_0150.jpg


A VAGUE NOTHING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUBJECT AND OBJECT, 2017
Graphite, lacquer, rust, and hot glue on double-sided fibre-board panels
Dimensions variable to installation (each panel: 122 x 305cm)

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_0248.jpg


Installation view

 
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UNTITLED (GLAMOUR IS FOR THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD NOT TO BE GLAMOROUS), 2018
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminum stretchers
65 x 65cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_0319.jpg


UNTITLED (GLAMOUR IS FOR THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD NOT TO BE GLAMOROUS), 2018 (detail)
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminum stretchers
65 x 65cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_0370.jpg


UNTITLED (GLAMOUR IS FOR THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD NOT TO BE GLAMOROUS), 2018 (detail)
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminum stretchers
65 x 65cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_0263_v2.jpg


UNTITLED (GLAMOUR IS FOR THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD NOT TO BE GLAMOROUS), 2018
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminum stretchers
65 x 65cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_0322_v2.jpg


UNTITLED (GLAMOUR IS FOR THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD NOT TO BE GLAMOROUS), 2018 (detail)
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminum stretchers
65 x 65cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_0385.jpg


UNTITLED (GLAMOUR IS FOR THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD NOT TO BE GLAMOROUS), 2018
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminum stretchers
65 x 65cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_0328.jpg


UNTITLED (GLAMOUR IS FOR THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD NOT TO BE GLAMOROUS), 2018 (detail)
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, hot glue, gold leaf, aluminum stretchers
65 x 65cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_0325.jpg


UNTITLED (GLAMOUR IS FOR THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD NOT TO BE GLAMOROUS), 2018
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminum stretchers
65 x 65cm

 
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Installation view

Cool, Calm, and Collected
ARoS Aarhus Art Museum
Aarhus, Denmark

 
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CALCULATED OPTIMISM, 2015 (detail)
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable to installation

 
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CALCULATED OPTIMISM, 2015 (detail)
Anodized Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium computer
Dimensions variable to installation

 
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Installation view

Cool, Calm, and Collected
ARoS Aarhus Art Museum
Aarhus, Denmark

 
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UNTITLED (SEARCHING FOR DEVICES), 2015
Anodized titanium
100 x 125cm

 
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WHAT CANNOT BE IMAGINED, CANNOT BE SEEN, 2015/2017
Wooden boards (from previous exhibition architecture), screws, compound, folding chairs used by install crew.
Dimensions variable to installation

 
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WHAT CANNOT BE IMAGINED, CANNOT BE SEEN, 2015/2017 (detail)
Wooden boards (from previous exhibition architecture), screws, compound, folding chairs used by install crew.
Dimensions variable to installation

 
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WHAT CANNOT BE IMAGINED, CANNOT BE SEEN, 2015/2017
Wooden boards (from previous exhibition architecture), screws, compound, folding chairs used by install crew.
Dimensions variable to installation

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_9505_2_v2.jpg


MADE IN CHINA, 2009
Selekta power drill, rotation motor hidden inside wall.
8 x 17 x 32cm

 
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MADE IN CHINA, 2009
Selekta power drill, rotation motor hidden inside wall.
8 x 17 x 32cm

 
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MADE IN CHINA, 2009
Selekta power drill, rotation motor hidden inside wall.
8 x 17 x 32cm

 
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MADE IN CHINA, 2009
Selekta power drill, rotation motor hidden inside wall.
8 x 17 x 32cm

 
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Mikkel Carl
Between Financial Entanglement and Corporal Decay

Last Resort
Copenhagen, Denmark

#

Dear Paul*

I was wondering if I could talk you into writing a PR for my upcoming show. Or perhaps "writing," because the preview is on Friday, so it's super short notice. But it could be anything literally: A poem, a readymade whatever… I would much prefer this to the usual gallery blah blah.

The show consists of an 300 x 700cm make-believe steel plate standing upright and cutting diagonally through the gallery space (think low budget Richard Serra) plus some mirror foil "paintings," which look more or less like chrome.

hmm gimme more background information

The mirror works are called Untitled (You Hate the Fact that You Bought the Dream and They Sold You One). They are a “commercialized” version of an eponymous public work I recently did: I put self-adhesive mirror foil on 15 pretty banged-up poster stands in a railway station, so instead of advertisements, people would see themselves (somewhat distorted) hurrying to or from the train.

Untitled (You Hate…) are in line with my general occupation with painting: That is painting without paint and with no immediately identifiable subjective gestures or formal preoccupation with objective structures. In this case scratching the surface, and other types of "accidental" mark making are my way of composing images. Or "images" rather, because you will of course mainly see the reflection of yourself or other viewers and in particular the aforementioned wall of steel behind you.

This colossal work (I thought about calling it: Flex on You Haters) is actually composed much in the same way. It consists of masonite covered with graphite powder and lacquer, polished by hand to look like raw steel. I have also applied rust. So, this wall – forcing the viewer to take a detour to get into the adjoining room – also doubles as big ass painting(s).

The show's title states the obvious: The pros and cons of gallery representation, and the fact that I recently turned 40, but still is very much an "emerging artist."

ok, I’ll think about it’

Great.


*Paul Barsch (DE)
artist and part of the curatorial duo New Scenario

#

 
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Installation view

 
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A VAGUE NOTHING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUBJECT AND OBJECT, 2017 (detail)
Graphite, lacquer, rust, and hot glue on double-sided fibre-board panels
Dimensions variable to installation
(each panel: 122 x 305cm)

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_003_IMG_8388.jpg


Installation view

 
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A VAGUE NOTHING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUBJECT AND OBJECT, 2017
Graphite, lacquer, rust, and hot glue on double-sided fibre-board panels
Dimensions variable to installation (each panel: 122 x 305cm)

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_031_IMG_8508.jpg

A VAGUE NOTHING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUBJECT AND OBJECT, 2017 (detail)
Graphite, lacquer, rust, and hot glue on double-sided fibre-board panels
Dimensions variable to installation
(each panel: 122 x 305cm)

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_006_IMG_8464.jpg


UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND SOLD YOU ONE), 2017
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminium stretchers
100 x 125cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_007_IMG_8579.jpg


UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND SOLD YOU ONE), 2017 (detail)
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminium stretchers
100 x 125cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_007,1_IMG_8366.jpg


UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND SOLD YOU ONE), 2017
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminium stretchers
100 x 125cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_008_IMG_8183.jpg


Installation view

 
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UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND SOLD YOU ONE), 2017
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminium stretchers
110 x 180cm

 
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UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND SOLD YOU ONE), 2017 (detail)
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminium stretchers
110 x 180cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_014_IMG_8452.jpg


UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND SOLD YOU ONE), 2017
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminium stretchers
65 x 65cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_003,2_IMG_8422.jpg


UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND SOLD YOU ONE), 2017
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminium stretchers
65 x 65cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_004_IMG_8648.jpg


A VAGUE NOTHING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUBJECT AND OBJECT, 2017 (detail)
Graphite, lacquer, rust, and hot glue on double-sided fibre-board panels
Dimensions variable to installation
(each panel: 122 x 305cm)

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_005_IMG_8571.jpg

A VAGUE NOTHING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUBJECT AND OBJECT, 2017 (detail)
Graphite, lacquer, rust, and hot glue on double-sided fibre-board panels
Dimensions variable to installation
(each panel: 122 x 305cm)

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_012_IMG_8357.jpg


UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND SOLD YOU ONE), 2017
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminium stretchers
60 x 60cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_013_IMG_8597.jpg


UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND SOLD YOU ONE), 2017 (detail)
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminium stretchers
60 x 60cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_015_IMG_8191.jpg


Installation view

 
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UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND SOLD YOU ONE), 2017
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminium stretchers
65 x 65cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_025_IMG_8363.jpg


UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND SOLD YOU ONE), 2017
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminium stretchers
65 x 65cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_016_IMG_8250.jpg


Installation view

 
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UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND SOLD YOU ONE), 2017 (detail)
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminium stretchers
60 x 60cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_017_IMG_8257.jpg


UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND SOLD YOU ONE), 2017
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminium stretchers
60 x 60cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_030_IMG_8219.jpg


Installation view

 
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UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND SOLD YOU ONE), 2017
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminium stretchers
100 x 135cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_022_IMG_8499.jpg


UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND SOLD YOU ONE), 2017 (detail)
Mirror foil mounted on canvas, aluminium stretchers
100 x 135cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_023_IMG_8673.jpg


Installation view

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_033_IMG_8559.jpg

A VAGUE NOTHING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUBJECT AND OBJECT, 2017 (detail)
Graphite, lacquer, rust, and hot glue on double-sided fibre-board panels
Dimensions variable to installation
(each panel: 122 x 305cm)

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_029_IMG_8568.jpg

A VAGUE NOTHING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUBJECT AND OBJECT, 2017 (detail)
Graphite, lacquer, rust, and hot glue on double-sided fibre-board panels
Dimensions variable to installation
(each panel: 122 x 305cm)

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_035_IMG_8673_2.jpg


Installation view

 
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AN ANONYMOUS SYSTEM, 2017
Bookends
Dimensions variable to installation
(each: 14 x 14 x 21cm)

An Anonymous System
Rogaland Kunstsenter
Stavanger, Norway

 
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AN ANONYMOUS SYSTEM, 2017
Bookends
Dimensions variable to installation
(each: 14 x 14 x 21cm)

 
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AN ANONYMOUS SYSTEM, 2017
Bookends
Dimensions variable to installation
(each: 14 x 14 x 21cm)

 
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AN ANONYMOUS SYSTEM, 2017 (detail)
Bookends
Dimensions variable to installation
(each: 14 x 14 x 21cm)

 
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AN ANONYMOUS SYSTEM, 2017 (detail)
Bookends
Dimensions variable to installation
(each: 14 x 14 x 21cm)

 
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AN ANONYMOUS SYSTEM, 2017 (detail)
Bookends
Dimensions variable to installation
(each: 14 x 14 x 21cm)

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_6938.jpg


AN ANONYMOUS SYSTEM, 2017 (detail)
Bookends
Dimensions variable to installation
(each: 14 x 14 x 21cm)

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_6972.jpg


YOU MUST RIP THE SAME FROM THE SAME, 2016/2017
Repurposed IKEA shelving units
Dimensions variable to installation

 
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YOU MUST RIP THE SAME FROM THE SAME, 2016/2017
Repurposed IKEA shelving units
Dimensions variable to installation

 
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YOU MUST RIP THE SAME FROM THE SAME, 2016/2017
Repurposed IKEA shelving units
Dimensions variable to installation

 
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YOU MUST RIP THE SAME FROM THE SAME, 2016/2017
Repurposed IKEA shelving units
Dimensions variable to installation

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7149.jpg


YOU MUST RIP THE SAME FROM THE SAME, 2016/2017
Repurposed IKEA shelving units
Dimensions variable to installation

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7144.jpg


Installation view

 
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PERHAPS I MADE PAINTING FEEL SICK, 2017
Faux brick wall wallpaper
Dimensions variable to installation

 
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PERHAPS I MADE PAINTING FEEL SICK, 2017
Faux brick wall wallpaper
Dimensions variable to installation

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7280.jpg


YOU MUST RIP THE SAME FROM THE SAME, 2016/2017 (detail)
Repurposed IKEA shelving units
Dimensions variable to installation

PERHAPS I MADE PAINTING FEEL SICK, 2017 (detail)
Faux brick wall wallpaper
Dimensions variable to installation

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7272.jpg


YOU MUST RIP THE SAME FROM THE SAME, 2016/2017
Repurposed IKEA shelving units
Dimensions variable to installation

PERHAPS I MADE PAINTING FEEL SICK, 2017
Faux brick wall wallpaper
Dimensions variable to installation

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7102.jpg


PERHAPS I MADE PAINTING FEEL SICK, 2017
Faux brick wall wallpaper
Dimensions variable to installation

YOU MUST RIP THE SAME FROM THE SAME, 2016/2017
Repurposed IKEA shelving units
Dimensions variable to installation

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7247_4.jpg


LIKE IF REALITY HAD BEEN TOLD IT IS PERMANENTLY ILL, 2017
Fluorescent ceiling lights, flicker module.
Dimensions variable

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7247_6.jpg


LIKE IF REALITY HAD BEEN TOLD IT IS PERMANENTLY ILL, 2017
Fluorescent ceiling lights, flicker module.
Dimensions variable

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7247_9.jpg


LIKE IF REALITY HAD BEEN TOLD IT IS PERMANENTLY ILL, 2017
Fluorescent ceiling lights, flicker module.
Dimensions variable

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7247_xtra.jpg


LIKE IF REALITY HAD BEEN TOLD IT IS PERMANENTLY ILL, 2017
Fluorescent ceiling lights, flicker module.
Dimensions variable

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7247_8.jpg


LIKE IF REALITY HAD BEEN TOLD IT IS PERMANENTLY ILL, 2017
Fluorescent ceiling lights, flicker module.
Dimensions variable

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7191.jpg


Installation view

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7190.jpg


PERHAPS I MADE PAINTING FEEL SICK, 2017
Faux brick wall wallpaper
Dimensions variable to installation

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7110_1.jpg


PERHAPS I MADE PAINTING FEEL SICK, 2017
Faux brick wall wallpaper
Dimensions variable to installation

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7110_v2.jpg


PERHAPS I MADE PAINTING FEEL SICK, 2017
Faux brick wall wallpaper
Dimensions variable to installation

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_4break_v6.jpg
 
 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7829.jpg


THE MEDIUM IS THE MEASSAGE, 2017
Spray painted aluminium
18 x 25cm


Mikkel Carl
The Show Is over, but Pictures Are finally up

Future Suburban Contemporary
Brønshøj, Denmark

 
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2 FAST 2 FURIOUS, 2015
Sand cast aluminum
37 x 37 x 5cm

 
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MUST I CONSULT ART TO UNDERSTAND THAT IDENTITY IS ADMINISTERED, POWER EXPLOITS, RESISTANCE IS PREDETERMINED, ALL IS SHIT, 2016
Dummy surveillance camera
Dimensions variable to installation

Mikkel Carl | Ebecho Muslimova
The Murderous Narcissism of Minor Differences
247365
New York

2016

 
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Installation view

 
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Installation view

 
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Installation view

 
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REPETITION IS STRENGH, 2012/2017
Outdoor UV light tubes
Dimensions variable

New Paintings Caught in the Headlights of Parking Cars
Ringsted Galleriet
Ringsted

2012

 
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THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE HAVE A WORLD IN COMMON, WHILE EACH PERSON ASLEEP HAS A WORLD OF HER OWN, 2017

Installation view

Solo presentation, M23 Projects (New York)
Code Art Fair, Copenhagen

 
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THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE HAVE A WORLD IN COMMON, WHILE EACH PERSON ASLEEP HAS A WORLD OF HER OWN, 2017

Installation view

 
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UNTITLED (THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE HAVE A WORLD IN COMMON, WHILE EACH PERSON ASLEEP HAS A WORLD OF HIS OWN), 2017
Acrylic paint, spray on dyed cotton fabric mounted on mirror foil, aluminium stretchers
115 x 170 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_6959.jpg


UNTITLED (THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE HAVE A WORLD IN COMMON, WHILE EACH PERSON ASLEEP HAS A WORLD OF HER OWN), 2017
Acrylic paint, spray on dyed cotton fabric mounted on mirror foil, aluminium stretchers
90 x 90 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7325-(1).jpg


UNTITLED (THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE HAVE A WORLD IN COMMON, WHILE EACH PERSON ASLEEP HAS A WORLD OF HER OWN), 2017
Acrylic paint, spray on dyed cotton fabric mounted on mirror foil, aluminium stretchers
92 x 92 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_6936.jpg


UNTITLED (THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE HAVE A WORLD IN COMMON, WHILE EACH PERSON ASLEEP HAS A WORLD OF HER OWN), 2017
Acrylic paint, spray on dyed cotton fabric mounted on mirror foil, aluminium stretchers
100 x 100 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7326.jpg


UNTITLED (THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE HAVE A WORLD IN COMMON, WHILE EACH PERSON ASLEEP HAS A WORLD OF HER OWN), 2017
Acrylic paint, spray on dyed cotton fabric mounted on mirror foil, aluminium stretchers
100 x 100 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_6834.jpg


THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE HAVE A WORLD IN COMMON, WHILE EACH PERSON ASLEEP HAS A WORLD OF HER OWN, 2017

Installation view

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7449_1_v2.jpg


THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE HAVE A WORLD IN COMMON, WHILE EACH PERSON ASLEEP HAS A WORLD OF HER OWN, 2017

Installation view

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7500.jpg


UNTITLED (THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE HAVE A WORLD IN COMMON, WHILE EACH PERSON ASLEEP HAS A WORLD OF HER OWN), 2017
Acrylic paint, spray on dyed cotton fabric mounted on mirror foil, aluminium stretchers
120 x 160 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7453.jpg


UNTITLED (THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE HAVE A WORLD IN COMMON, WHILE EACH PERSON ASLEEP HAS A WORLD OF HER OWN), 2017
Acrylic paint, spray on dyed cotton fabric mounted on mirror foil, aluminium stretchers
120 x 120 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7331.jpg


UNTITLED (THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE HAVE A WORLD IN COMMON, WHILE EACH PERSON ASLEEP HAS A WORLD OF HER OWN), 2017
Acrylic paint, spray on dyed cotton fabric mounted on mirror foil, aluminium stretchers
120 x 120 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7489.jpg


THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE HAVE A WORLD IN COMMON, WHILE EACH PERSON ASLEEP HAS A WORLD OF HER OWN, 2017

Installation view

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7503.jpg


UNTITLED (THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE HAVE A WORLD IN COMMON, WHILE EACH PERSON ASLEEP HAS A WORLD OF HER OWN), 2017
Acrylic paint, spray on dyed cotton fabric mounted on mirror foil, aluminium stretchers
40 x 40 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7501_1.jpg


UNTITLED (THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE HAVE A WORLD IN COMMON, WHILE EACH PERSON ASLEEP HAS A WORLD OF HER OWN), 2017
Acrylic paint, spray on dyed cotton fabric mounted on mirror foil, aluminium stretchers
40x40cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_6954-Gendannet.jpg


UNTITLED (THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE HAVE A WORLD IN COMMON, WHILE EACH PERSON ASLEEP HAS A WORLD OF HER OWN), 2017
Acrylic paint, spray on dyed cotton fabric mounted on mirror foil, aluminium stretchers
60x80cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_7304.jpg


UNTITLED (THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE HAVE A WORLD IN COMMON, WHILE EACH PERSON ASLEEP HAS A WORLD OF HER OWN), 2017
Acrylic paint, spray on dyed cotton fabric mounted on mirror foil, aluminium stretchers
60x80cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_4break kopi 2_v35.jpg
 
 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_6930.jpg


Installation view

Last Resort
Code Art Fair, Copenhagen

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_6928.jpg


UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND THEY SOLD YOU ONE), 2017
mirror foil, aluminium stretchers
65 x 65 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_6932.jpg


UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND THEY SOLD YOU ONE), 2017 (detail)
mirror foil, aluminium stretchers
65 x 65 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_6919_1.jpg


UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND THEY SOLD YOU ONE), 2017
mirror foil, aluminium stretchers
65 x 65 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_6906.jpg


UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND THEY SOLD YOU ONE), 2017
mirror foil, aluminium stretchers
65 x 65 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_6815.jpg


UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND THEY SOLD YOU ONE), 2017
mirror foil, aluminium stretchers
100 x 100 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_4break kopi 2_v16.jpg
 
 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_4564.jpg


MUST I KNOW ART TO UNDERSTAND THAT IDENTITY IS ADMINISTERED, POWER EXPLOITS,
RESISTANCE IS PREDETERMINED, ALL IS SHIT?, 2016
Dummy surveillance camera, sticker
Dimensions variable

Kiosk
Sydhavn Station
Copenhagen

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_001_v3.jpg


MUST I KNOW ART TO UNDERSTAND THAT IDENTITY IS ADMINISTERED, POWER EXPLOITS,
RESISTANCE IS PREDETERMINED, ALL IS SHIT?, 2016
Dummy surveillance camera, sticker
Dimensions variable

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_4516.jpg


MUST I KNOW ART TO UNDERSTAND THAT IDENTITY IS ADMINISTERED, POWER EXPLOITS,
RESISTANCE IS PREDETERMINED, ALL IS SHIT?, 2016
Dummy surveillance camera, sticker
Dimensions variable

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_4523.jpg


MUST I KNOW ART TO UNDERSTAND THAT IDENTITY IS ADMINISTERED, POWER EXPLOITS,
RESISTANCE IS PREDETERMINED, ALL IS SHIT?, 2016
Dummy surveillance camera, sticker
Dimensions variable

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_4499.jpg


Installation view

Kiosk
Sydhavn Station
Copenhagen

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_4534.jpg


MUST I KNOW ART TO UNDERSTAND THAT IDENTITY IS ADMINISTERED, POWER EXPLOITS,
RESISTANCE IS PREDETERMINED, ALL IS SHIT?, 2016 MINED, ALL IS SHIT?, 2017 (2016)
Dummy surveillance camera, sticker
Dimensions variable

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_5296.jpg


Installation view

Kiosk
Sydhavn Station
Copenhagen

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_4536.jpg


MUST I KNOW ART TO UNDERSTAND THAT IDENTITY IS ADMINISTERED, POWER EXPLOITS,
RESISTANCE IS PREDETERMINED, ALL IS SHIT?, 2016
Dummy surveillance camera, sticker
Dimensions variable

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_5432.jpg


Installation view

Kiosk
Den Frie – Centre of Contemporary Art
Copenhagen

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_IMG_4527.jpg


MUST I KNOW ART TO UNDERSTAND THAT IDENTITY IS ADMINISTERED, POWER EXPLOITS,
RESISTANCE IS PREDETERMINED, ALL IS SHIT?, 2016
Dummy surveillance camera, sticker
Dimensions variable

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_4break kopi 8_v5.jpg
 
 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Install-web-2.jpg


Installation view

Textures
Koldinggade 12
Copenhagen

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_002_v2.jpg


TRIVIALITY AFFORDS THE SUPREME IDEA OF DEPTH, 2017
Graphite and lacquer on wooden panel
20x25 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_install.jpg


Installation view

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_003_v2.jpg


TRIVIALITY AFFORDS THE SUPREME IDEA OF DEPTH, 2017
Graphite and lacquer on wooden panel
19x35 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_001_v2.jpg


TRIVIALITY AFFORDS THE SUPREME IDEA OF DEPTH, 2017
Graphite and lacquer on wooden panel
53x80 cm cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_001,5.jpg


TRIVIALITY AFFORDS THE SUPREME IDEA OF DEPTH, 2017 (detail)
Graphite and lacquer on wooden panel
53x80 cm cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_004_v2.jpg


TRIVIALITY AFFORDS THE SUPREME IDEA OF DEPTH, 2017
Graphite, lacquer, and rust on wooden panel
17.5x18.5 cm cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_005_v2.jpg


TRIVIALITY AFFORDS THE SUPREME IDEA OF DEPTH, 2017
Graphite, lacquer, and hot glue on wooden panel
18x19 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_4break kopi 5_v2.jpg
 
 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-1_mc.jpg


BAD MOON RISING

The Montana Room
Kunstforeningen GL STRAND
Copenhagen

photo: David Stjernholm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-24_mc.jpg


BAD MOON RISING, 2017
Various materials
450 x 250 x 150 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-43.jpg


BAD MOON RISING, 2017 (detail)
Various materials
450 x 250 x 150 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-6_mc.jpg


BAD MOON RISING, 2017 (detail)
Various materials
450 x 250 x 150 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-9_mc.jpg


BAD MOON RISING, 2017 (detail)
Various materials
450 x 250 x 150 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-45.jpg


BAD MOON RISING, 2017 (detail)
Various materials
450 x 250 x 150 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-5_mc.jpg


BAD MOON RISING, 2017
Various materials
450 x 250 x 150 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-2.jpg


BAD MOON RISING, 2017
Various materials
450 x 250 x 150 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-4.jpg


BAD MOON RISING, 2017
Various materials
450 x 250 x 150 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-54.jpg


BAD MOON RISING, 2017 (detail)
Various materials
450 x 250 x 150 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-12.jpg


BAD MOON RISING, 2017
Various materials
450 x 250 x 150 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-19.jpg


BAD MOON RISING, 2017 (detail)
Various materials
450 x 250 x 150 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-16.jpg


BAD MOON RISING, 2017
Various materials
450 x 250 x 150 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-15.jpg


BAD MOON RISING, 2017 (detail)
Various materials
450 x 250 x 150 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-44.jpg


BAD MOON RISING, 2017 (detail)
Various materials
450 x 250 x 150 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-23_mc.jpg


BAD MOON RISING, 2017
Various materials
450 x 250 x 150 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-22_mc.jpg


BAD MOON RISING, 2017
Various materials
450 x 250 x 150 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-55.jpg


BAD MOON RISING, 2017 (detail)
Various materials
450 x 250 x 150 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_Mikkel-Carl_Bad-Moon-Rising_Gl-Strand_Montanasalen_Photo-by-David-Stjernholm-39_mc.jpg


BAD MOON RISING, 2017
Various materials
450 x 250 x 150 cm

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_4break kopi 3_v12.jpg
 
 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_001_1.jpg


IN A REALM OF THOUGHT BEYOND THE LIMITS OF THE FLESH, 2017
Incense sticks, stainless steel ashtray
Dimensions variable

Den Frie Udstilling
Den Frie – Centre of Contemporary Art
Copenhagen

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_003_v3.jpg


IN A REALM OF THOUGHT BEYOND THE LIMITS OF THE FLESH, 2017
Incense sticks, stainless steel ashtray
Dimensions variable

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_002_v4.jpg


IN A REALM OF THOUGHT BEYOND THE LIMITS OF THE FLESH, 2017
Incense sticks, stainless steel ashtray
Dimensions variable

 
http://mikkelcarl.com/files/gimgs/th-93_4break kopi 2_v34.jpg