SECOND NATURE, 2020
Deceased pear tree from the artist’s garden, graphite paint
Dimensions variable
You Are Right Here Right Now
Kunsthal Rønnebæksholm
Næstved, Denmark
SECOND NATURE, 2020 (detail)
Deceased pear tree from the artist’s garden, graphite paint
Dimensions variable
SECOND NATURE, 2020
Deceased pear tree from the artist’s garden, graphite paint
Dimensions variable
SECOND NATURE, 2020 (detail)
Deceased pear tree from the artist’s garden, graphite paint
Dimensions variable
SECOND NATURE, 2020
Deceased pear tree from the artist’s garden, graphite paint
Dimensions variable
SECOND NATURE, 2020 (detail)
Deceased pear tree from the artist’s garden, graphite paint
Dimensions variable
SECOND NATURE, 2020
Deceased pear tree from the artist’s garden, graphite paint
Dimensions variable
SECOND NATURE, 2020 (detail)
Deceased pear tree from the artist’s garden, graphite paint
Dimensions variable
HARVEST MOON, 2020
Hot glue, aluminum leaf, aluminum paint, graphite powder, varnish, rust on double-sided wood panel
240 x 240 x 1,5 cm
You Are Right Here Right Now
Kunsthal Rønnebæksholm
Næstved, Denmark
HARVEST MOON, 2020 (detail)
Hot glue, aluminum leaf, aluminum paint, graphite powder, varnish, rust on double-sided wood panel
240 x 240 x 1,5 cm
HARVEST MOON, 2020
Hot glue, aluminum leaf, aluminum paint, graphite powder, varnish, rust on double-sided wood panel
240 x 240 x 1,5 cm
HARVEST MOON, 2020
Hot glue, aluminum leaf, aluminum paint, graphite powder, varnish, rust on double-sided wood panel
240 x 240 x 1,5 cm
HARVEST MOON, 2020 (detail)
Hot glue, aluminum leaf, aluminum paint, graphite powder, varnish, rust on double-sided wood panel
240 x 240 x 1,5 cm
HARVEST MOON, 2020
Hot glue, aluminum leaf, aluminum paint, graphite powder, varnish, rust on double-sided wood panel
240 x 240 x 1,5 cm
TERRIFIED OF SOCIETY AND ITS UNCLEAN BITE, 2020
MDF, micro cement oxide powder, rebar
120 x 120 x 30 cm (4)
You Are Right Here Right Now
Kunsthal Rønnebæksholm
Næstved, Denmark
TERRIFIED OF SOCIETY AND ITS UNCLEAN BITE, 2020 (detail)
MDF, micro cement oxide powder, rebar
120 x 120 x 30 cm (4)
TERRIFIED OF SOCIETY AND ITS UNCLEAN BITE, 2020 (detail)
MDF, micro cement oxide powder, rebar
120 x 120 x 30 cm (4)
TERRIFIED OF SOCIETY AND ITS UNCLEAN BITE, 2020 (detail)
MDF, micro cement oxide powder, rebar
120 x 120 x 30 cm (4)
TERRIFIED OF SOCIETY AND ITS UNCLEAN BITE, 2020
MDF, micro cement oxide powder, rebar
120 x 120 x 30 cm (4)
TERRIFIED OF SOCIETY AND ITS UNCLEAN BITE, 2020 (detail)
MDF, micro cement oxide powder, rebar
120 x 120 x 30 cm (4)
UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND THEY SOLD YOU ONE), 2020
Hot glue, aluminum leaf, aluminum paint
graphite powder, varnish, rust on mirror foil
115 x 230 cm (5)
You Are Right Here Right Now
Kunsthal Rønnebæksholm
Næstved, Denmark
UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND THEY SOLD YOU ONE), 2020
Hot glue, aluminum leaf, aluminum paint
graphite powder, varnish, rust on mirror foil
115 x 230 cm (5)
UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND THEY SOLD YOU ONE), 2020
Hot glue, aluminum leaf, aluminum paint
graphite powder, varnish, rust on mirror foil
115 x 230 cm (5)
UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND THEY SOLD YOU ONE), 2020
Hot glue, aluminum leaf, aluminum paint
graphite powder, varnish, rust on mirror foil
115 x 230 cm (5)
UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM AND THEY SOLD YOU ONE), 2020
Hot glue, aluminum leaf, aluminum paint
graphite powder, varnish, rust on mirror foil
115 x 230 cm (5)
ARK, 2020
Acrylic paint, lacquer, oxide powder, hot glue, graphite paint on wood
240 x 460 x 40 cm
You Are Right Here Right Now
Kunsthal Rønnebæksholm
Næstved, Denmark
ARK, 2020
Acrylic paint, lacquer, oxide powder, hot glue, graphite paint on wood
240 x 460 x 40 cm
ARK, 2020
Acrylic paint, lacquer, oxide powder, hot glue, graphite paint on wood
240 x 460 x 40 cm
ARK, 2020
Acrylic paint, lacquer, oxide powder, hot glue, graphite paint on wood
240 x 460 x 40 cm
ARK, 2020
Acrylic paint, lacquer, oxide powder, hot glue, graphite paint on wood
240 x 460 x 40 cm
ARK, 2020
Acrylic paint, lacquer, oxide powder, hot glue, graphite paint on wood
240 x 460 x 40 cm
SKATE OR DIE, 2020
Wood, enamel paint
120 x 120 x 30 cm
Skateworks
Copenhagen Skate Park / Nikolaj Kunsthal
Copenhagen, Denmark
Photo: Tobias Plass / Skater: Frederik Høpfner
Mikkel Carl
Don’t Look at Me Like I’m the Future
Det Fynske Kunstakademi | Skulptursalen
Odense, Denmark
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Dear Principal,
I’m writing to ask if it would be possible to postpone the opening of my solo exhibition Don’t Look at Me Like I’m the Future in Skulptursalen until January 24, 2020. I probably should have made a production plan like the one I teach the students to use
The six major paintings comprising Untitled (You Hate the Fact that You Bought the Dream, and They Sold You One) are pretty much done. They consist of metal foil scratched and treated with graphite powder, aluminum spray, rust, hot glue, and silver leaf—but with no trace of the artist’s hand: paintings without a sender.
By contrast, the installation Second Skin, which consists of approximately five hundred pieces of bark from a dead chestnut tree, is not ready. Each piece of bark must be hand-polished, which takes much longer than expected. That is partly because the oil-based graphite paint dries slowly in my studio that is without heat.
In the end, the bark will be laid out, taking up the entire floor. That means that during the exhibition period, we can’t move in a straight line from the front door to the auditorium. Instead, we have to go all the way around, walking close to the wall. I hope this will not cause problems. I also think we should keep the door to the balcony on the first floor open so that the audience has the opportunity to see it all from above.
Sincerely,
Mikkel Carl
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SECOND SKIN, 2020 (detail)
Bark, graphite paint
Dimensions variable
SECOND SKIN, 2020
Bark, graphite paint
Dimensions variable
INSTALLATION VIEW
Mikkel Carl
Don’t Look at Me Like I’m the Future
Funen Art Academy | Skulptursalen
Odense, Denmark
SECOND SKIN, 2020
Bark, graphite paint
Dimensions variable
INSTALLATION VIEW
Mikkel Carl
Don’t Look at Me Like I’m the Future
Funen Art Academy | Skulptursalen
Odense, Denmark
INSTALLATION VIEW
Mikkel Carl
Don’t Look at Me Like I’m the Future
Funen Art Academy | Skulptursalen
Odense, Denmark
UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM, AND THEY SOLD YOU ONE), 2019 (detail)
Hot glue, silver leaf, spray paint, graphite, laquer, rust on mirror foil
115 x 230cm
UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM, AND THEY SOLD YOU ONE), 2019 (detail)
Hot glue, silver leaf, spray paint, graphite, laquer, rust on mirror foil
115 x 230cm
INSTALLATION VIEW
Mikkel Carl
Don’t Look at Me Like I’m the Future
Funen Art Academy | Skulptursalen
Odense, Denmark
UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM, AND THEY SOLD YOU ONE), 2019 (detail)
Hot glue, silver leaf, spray paint, graphite, laquer, rust on mirror foil
115 x 230cm
INSTALLATION VIEW
Mikkel Carl
Don’t Look at Me Like I’m the Future
Funen Art Academy | Skulptursalen
Odense, Denmark
INSTALLATION VIEW
Mikkel Carl
Don’t Look at Me Like I’m the Future
Funen Art Academy | Skulptursalen
Odense, Denmark
UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM, AND THEY SOLD YOU ONE), 2019 (detail)
Hot glue, silver leaf, spray paint, graphite, laquer, rust on mirror foil
115 x 230cm
UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM, AND THEY SOLD YOU ONE), 2019 (detail)
Hot glue, silver leaf, spray paint, graphite, laquer, rust on mirror foil
115 x 230cm
INSTALLATION VIEW
Mikkel Carl
Don’t Look at Me Like I’m the Future
Funen Art Academy | Skulptursalen
Odense, Denmark
INSTALLATION VIEW
Mikkel Carl
Don’t Look at Me Like I’m the Future
Funen Art Academy | Skulptursalen
Odense, Denmark
SECOND SKIN, 2020 (detail)
Bark, graphite paint
Dimensions variable
SECOND SKIN, 2020 (detail)
Bark, graphite paint
Dimensions variable
INSTALLATION VIEW
Mikkel Carl
Don’t Look at Me Like I’m the Future
Funen Art Academy | Skulptursalen
Odense, Denmark
UNTITLED (YOU HATE THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE DREAM, AND THEY SOLD YOU ONE), 2019 (detail)
Hot glue, silver leaf, spray paint, graphite, laquer, rust on mirror foil
115 x 230cm