Fredrik Værslev, La Renne
October 14, 2022 - January 15, 2023, Frac Bretagne, Rennes, France
Fredrik Værslev, La Renne
October 14, 2022 - January 15, 2023, Frac Bretagne, Rennes, France
Fredrik Værslev, La Renne
October 14, 2022 - January 15, 2023, Frac Bretagne, Rennes, France
Fredrik Værslev, La Renne
October 14, 2022 - January 15, 2023, Frac Bretagne, Rennes, France
Fredrik Værslev, World Paintings
November 13 - December 19, 2020, Andrew Kreps Gallery, 22 Cortlandt Alley, New York
Photo: Daniel Terna
Fredrik Værslev, World Paintings
November 13 - December 19, 2020, Andrew Kreps Gallery, 22 Cortlandt Alley, New York
Photo: Daniel Terna
Fredrik Værslev, World Paintings
November 13 - December 19, 2020, Andrew Kreps Gallery, 22 Cortlandt Alley, New York
Photo: Daniel Terna
Fredrik Værslev, World Paintings
November 13 - December 19, 2020, Andrew Kreps Gallery, 22 Cortlandt Alley, New York
Photo: Daniel Terna
Fredrik Værslev, World Paintings
November 13 - December 19, 2020, Andrew Kreps Gallery, 22 Cortlandt Alley, New York
Photo: Daniel Terna
Fredrik Værslev, World Paintings
November 13 - December 19, 2020, Andrew Kreps Gallery, 22 Cortlandt Alley, New York
Photo: Daniel Terna
Fredrik Værslev, World Paintings
September 23 - January 22, 2021, Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
Fredrik Værslev, World Paintings
September 23 - January 22, 2021, Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
Fredrik Værslev, World Paintings
September 23 - January 22, 2021, Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
Fredrik Værslev, Window Paintings
August 31 - October 20, 2019, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany
Fredrik Værslev, Window Paintings
August 31 - October 20, 2019, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany
Fredrik Værslev, Window Paintings
August 31 - October 20, 2019, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany
Fredrik Værslev, Window Paintings
August 31 - October 20, 2019, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany
Fredrik Værslev
Fenstermalerei #5, 2019
Spray paint, acrylic paint, turpentine on cotton canvas/wooden stretcher, mounted in wooden frames
94 1/2 x 31 7/8 x 2 inches (240 x 81 x 5 cm)
Fredrik Værslev, Window Paintings
August 31 - October 20, 2019, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany
Fredrik Værslev
Fenstermalerei #6, 2019
Spray paint, acrylic paint, turpentine on cotton canvas/wooden stretcher, mounted in wooden frames
94 1/2 x 31 7/8 x 2 inches (240 x 81 x 5 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Fenstermalerei #7, 2019
Spray paint, acrylic paint, turpentine on cotton canvas/wooden stretcher, mounted in wooden frames
47 5/8 x 63 3/4 x 2 inches (121 x 162 x 5 cm)
Fredrik Værslev, Window Paintings
August 31 - October 20, 2019, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany
Fredrik Værslev, Window Paintings
August 31 - October 20, 2019, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany
Fredrik Værslev, Window Paintings
August 31 - October 20, 2019, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany
Fredrik Værslev, Overlyssalen
August 15 - September 15, 2019, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
Fredrik Værslev, Overlyssalen
August 15 - September 15, 2019, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
Fredrik Værslev, Fredrik Værslev as I Imagine Him
September 21, 2018 - January 6, 2019, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
Fredrik Værslev, Fredrik Værslev as I Imagine Him
September 21, 2018 - January 6, 2019, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
Fredrik Værslev, Fredrik Værslev as I Imagine Him
September 21, 2018 - January 6, 2019, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
Fredrik Værslev, Fredrik Værslev as I Imagine Him
September 21, 2018 - January 6, 2019, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
Fredrik Værslev, Fredrik Værslev as I Imagine Him
September 21, 2018 - January 6, 2019, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
Fredrik Værslev, Tan Lines
November 11 - January 14, 2018, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Fredrik Værslev, Tan Lines
November 11 - January 14, 2018, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Fredrik Værslev, Tan Lines
November 11 - January 14, 2018, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Fredrik Værslev, Tan Lines
November 11 - January 14, 2018, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Fredrik Værslev, Tan Lines
November 11 - January 14, 2018, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Fredrik Værslev, Merman
January 7th - February 11, 2017, Andrew Kreps Gallery, 537 W 22nd Street, New York
Fredrik Værslev, Merman
January 7th - February 11, 2017, Andrew Kreps Gallery, 537 W 22nd Street, New York
Fredrik Værslev, Merman
January 7th - February 11, 2017, Andrew Kreps Gallery, 537 W 22nd Street, New York
Fredrik Værslev, Merman
January 7th - February 11, 2017, Andrew Kreps Gallery, 537 W 22nd Street, New York
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2016
Primer, spray paint, acrylic, white spirit, cotton canvas on wooden stretcher
114 15/16 x 77 3/16 x 1 1/4 inches (292 x 196 x 3.2 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2016
Primer, spray paint, acrylic, white spirit, cotton canvas on wooden stretcher
115 3/4 x 81 1/8 x 1 1/4 inches (294 x 206 x 3.2 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2016
Primer, spray paint, acrylic, white spirit, cotton canvas on wooden stretcher
118 1/8 x 81 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (300 x 207 x 3.2 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2016
Primer, spray paint, acrylic, white spirit, cotton canvas on wooden stretcher
118 15/16 x 80 5/16 x 1 1/4 inches (302 x 204 x 3.2 cm)
Fredrik Værslev, Home is where my art is
September 16 - November 11, 2016, Giò Marconi, Milan, Italy
Fredrik Værslev, Home is where my art is
September 16 - November 11, 2016, Giò Marconi, Milan, Italy
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled (Black green), 2016
House sculpture with two terrazzo paintings; House: MDF, finer (plywood), pine, acrylic paint, acrylic spray paint, acrylic transparent varnish with UV-filter, galvanised screws; Painting: Spray paint, turpentine on cotton canvas wooden stretcher
House: 31 7/8 x 79 15/16 x 24 7/16 inches (81 x 203 x 62 cm); Paintings: 17 5/16 x 13 3/16 x 11/16 (44 x 33.5 x 1.8 cm) each; Plinth: 12 3/4 x 79 1/8 x 24 7/16 (35 x 201 x 62 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled (Black green), 2016
House sculpture with two terrazzo paintings; House: MDF, finer (plywood), pine, acrylic paint, acrylic spray paint, acrylic transparent varnish with UV-filter, galvanised screws; Painting: Spray paint, turpentine on cotton canvas wooden stretcher
House: 31 7/8 x 79 15/16 x 24 7/16 inches (81 x 203 x 62 cm); Paintings: 17 5/16 x 13 3/16 x 11/16 (44 x 33.5 x 1.8 cm) each; Plinth: 12 3/4 x 79 1/8 x 24 7/16 (35 x 201 x 62 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled (Black green), 2016
House sculpture with two terrazzo paintings; House: MDF, finer (plywood), pine, acrylic paint, acrylic spray paint, acrylic transparent varnish with UV-filter, galvanised screws; Painting: Spray paint, turpentine on cotton canvas wooden stretcher
House: 31 7/8 x 79 15/16 x 24 7/16 inches (81 x 203 x 62 cm); Paintings: 17 5/16 x 13 3/16 x 11/16 (44 x 33.5 x 1.8 cm) each; Plinth: 12 3/4 x 79 1/8 x 24 7/16 (35 x 201 x 62 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled (Crema), 2016
House: MDF, finer (plywood), pine, acrylic paint, acrylic spray paint, acrylic transparent varnish with UV-filter, galvanised screws; Painting: Spray paint, turpentine on cotton canvas wooden stretcher
House: 26 1/2 x 80 1/16 x 24 7/16 inches (67.4 x 203.3 x 62 cm); Paintings: 17 5/16 x 13 3/16 x 11/16 inches (44 x 33.5 x 1.8 cm) each; Plinth: 13 3/4 x 79 1/2 x 24 3/16 inches (35 x 202 x 61.5 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled (Crema), 2016
House: MDF, finer (plywood), pine, acrylic paint, acrylic spray paint, acrylic transparent varnish with UV-filter, galvanised screws; Painting: Spray paint, turpentine on cotton canvas wooden stretcher
House: 26 1/2 x 80 1/16 x 24 7/16 inches (67.4 x 203.3 x 62 cm); Paintings: 17 5/16 x 13 3/16 x 11/16 inches (44 x 33.5 x 1.8 cm) each; Plinth: 13 3/4 x 79 1/2 x 24 3/16 inches (35 x 202 x 61.5 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled (Crema), 2016
House: MDF, finer (plywood), pine, acrylic paint, acrylic spray paint, acrylic transparent varnish with UV-filter, galvanised screws; Painting: Spray paint, turpentine on cotton canvas wooden stretcher
House: 26 1/2 x 80 1/16 x 24 7/16 inches (67.4 x 203.3 x 62 cm); Paintings: 17 5/16 x 13 3/16 x 11/16 inches (44 x 33.5 x 1.8 cm) each; Plinth: 13 3/4 x 79 1/2 x 24 3/16 inches (35 x 202 x 61.5 cm)
Fredrik Værslev, La Constance du Jardinier
August 31 - October 23, 2016, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
Fredrik Værslev, La Constance du Jardinier
August 31 - October 23, 2016, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
Fredrik Værslev, La constance du jardinier
October 17 – December 5, 2015, CNEAI, Chatou, Paris, France
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2012-2015
Primer, spray paint, white spirit on canvas
50 2/5 x 45 inches (128 x 114.5 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2012-2015
Primer, spray paint, white spirit on canvas
50 2/5 x 45 inches (128 x 114.5 cm)
Fredrik Værslev, Inner Beauty
April 20 - June 10, 2015, Museo Marino Marini, Florence, Italy
Fredrik Værslev, Inner Beauty
April 20 - June 10, 2015, Museo Marino Marini, Florence, Italy
Fredrik Værslev, Inner Beauty
April 20 - June 10, 2015, Museo Marino Marini, Florence, Italy
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2015
Spray paint, primer, turpentine on linen canvas
78 3/4 x 59 inches (200 x 150 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2015
Spray paint, primer, turpentine on linen canvas
59 x 78 3/4 inches (150 x 200 cm)
Fredrik Værslev, Querelle of Brest
February 7 - May 2, 2015, Passerelle Centre d’art contemporain, Brest, France
Fredrik Værslev, Querelle of Brest
February 7 - May 2, 2015, Passerelle Centre d’art contemporain, Brest, France
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled (-FR #13), 2015
Primer, spray paint, silkscreen acrylic paint, white spirit on cotton canvas, steel construction
82 3/4 x 57 1/8 x 13 1/8 inches (145 x 210 x 33.5 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled (-FR #12), 2015
Primer, spray paint, silkscreen acrylic paint, white spirit on cotton canvas, steel construction
82 3/4 x 57 1/8 x 13 1/8 inches (145 x 210 x 33.5 cm)
Fredrik Værslev, Querelle of Brest
February 7 - May 2, 2015, Passerelle Centre d’art contemporain, Brest, France
Fredrik Værslev, A Shore Thing
September 11 - October 25, 2014, Andrew Kreps Gallery, 537 W 22nd Street, New York
Fredrik Værslev, A Shore Thing
September 11 - October 25, 2014, Andrew Kreps Gallery, 537 W 22nd Street, New York
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2014
Spray paint, white spirit on cotton canvas
78 3/4 x 59 1/2 inches (200 x 151 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2014
Spray paint, white spirit on cotton canvas
78 3/4 x 59 1/2 inches (200 x 151 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2014
Spray paint on cotton canvas
78 3/4 x 59 1/2 inches (200 x 151 cm)
Fredrik Værslev, Nobody's Chant
April 17 - May 16, 2015, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2015
Spray paint on canvas
125 1/4 x 79 1/8 inches (318 x 201 cm)
Fredrik Værslev, Sea Salt and Cross Passes
September 7 - October 7, 2013, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled (Trolley Painting:Blue stripes), 2012
Spray paint on canvas
78 15/16 x 59 1/4 x 1 6/16 inches (200.5 x 150.5 x 3.5 cm)
Fredrik Værslev, Sunny Side Up!
May 25 - September 8, 2012, Indipendenza, Rome, Italy
Fredrik Værslev, Sunny Side Up!
May 25 - September 8, 2012, Indipendenza, Rome, Italy
Fredrik Værslev, Jag trivs bäst i öppna landskap, nära have vill jag bo
August 2013, Drøbak Kunstforening, Drøbak, Norway
Fredrik Værslev, Jag trivs bäst i öppna landskap, nära have vill jag bo
August 2013, Drøbak Kunstforening, Drøbak, Norway
Fredrik Værslev, Lanterne Rouge
August 24 - September 29, 2012, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway
Fredrik Værslev, Lanterne Rouge
August 24 - September 29, 2012, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway
Fredrik Værslev, Lanterne Rouge
August 24 - September 29, 2012, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway
Fredrik Værslev, Lanterne Rouge
August 24 - September 29, 2012, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway
Fredrik Værslev, Choppy Times
September 26 - November 11, 2013, Giò Marconi, Milan, Italy
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled (Canopy Painting), 2013
Acrylic primer, pigment on cotton canvas
90 1/2 x 77 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches (230 x 197 x 3.4 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2013
Acrylic primer, pigment, white spirit on cotton canvas
109 x 77 1/2 inches (277 x 197 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2013
Spray paint on frosted acrylic glass, wooden support, bulb socket, light bulb, electric cable
26 3/8 x 37 3/8 x 6 1/2 inches (67 x 95 x 16.5 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2013
Spray paint on frosted acrylic glass, Elm wood support, bulb socket, light bulb, electronic cable
28 1/2 x 35 3/8 x 6 3/4 inches (72.5 x 90 x 17 cm)
Fredrik Værslev, East Bound and Down
April 9 - June 20, 2014, The Power Station, Dallas, Texas
Fredrik Værslev, That came out a little country
May 1 - June 30, 2012, Front Desk Apparatus, New York
Fredrik Værslev, Fredrik Værslev
November 13 - December 19, 2010, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
Fredrik Værslev, Fredrik Værslev
November 13 - December 19, 2010, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
Fredrik Værslev, Fredrik Værslev
November 13 - December 19, 2010, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
Fredrik Værslev, I'm gonna keep a happy thought and assume this is just a negotiation tactic
January 14 - February 2, 2011, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway
Fredrik Værslev, I'm gonna keep a happy thought and assume this is just a negotiation tactic
January 14 - February 2, 2011, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2012
Spray paint, house paint, enamel paint, cellulose paint, corrosion protective spray, white spirit on canvas/wooden stretcher
76 3/4 x 57 1/16 x 1 6/16 inches (195 x 145 x 3.5 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2010
Spray paint, house paint, acrylic paint, corrosion protective spray, red spirit, white spirit on canvas/wooden stretcher
72 13/16 x 57 1/16 x 1 6/16 inches (185 x 145 x 3.5 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2010
Spray paint, house paint, acrylic paint, corrosion protective spray, red spirit, white spirit on canvas/wooden stretcher
76 3/4 x 57 1/16 x 1 6/16 inches (195 x 145 x 3.5 cm)
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled, 2011
Spray paint, house paint, corrosion protective spray, white spirit on canvas/wooden stretcher
110 1/4 x 57 1/16 x 1 6/16 inches (280 x 195 x 3.5 cm)
Fredrik Værslev’s Garden Paintings first appeared in 2011
The works, which consist of wooden planks mounted on steel supports, at first look deceptively like found objects, like standard industrial pallets. Upon closer study they are obviously handcrafted, not manufactured.
One of the most original and recognised voices in contemporary painting, Norwegian artist Fredrik Værslev navigates between different pictorial traditions. In his practice, he focuses on the process of painting, demonstrating the possibilities and relevance of the medium today.
Fredrik Værslev has a solo exhibition at Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst. Titled Fenstermalerei, the show is open August 31 to October 20.
Fredrik Værslev has a solo exhibition at the Kunstnerforbundet in Oslo, Norway from August 15 to September 15.
Fondazione Giuliani is pleased to present Tan Lines, a solo exhibition by Norwegian artist Fredrik Værslev. Værslev’s practice is a reflection on the act of painting as the result of a creative process dominated by the tension between careful planning and randomness. Interested in upending definitions, convictions and the limits of the pictorial medium, the genesis of his paintings is largely the result of a perpetual encounter/clash between control and chance. After having conceived an artwork with absolute rigour, Værslev often alters it through the intervention of fortuitous circumstances (exposing it to the weather, leaving it in nature or public places), or asking friends to freely modify and complete it, pushing the idea of appropriation to an extreme. In Værslev’s paintings, abstraction and figuration coexist, traditional materials alternate with the industrial, painting and graphic design merge, as well as the planned gestures of the artist with the accidental ones of fate.
Astrup Fearnley Museet is proud to present a solo exhibition by the Norwegian contemporary artist Fredrik Værslev.
The present exhibition shows 10 series from the last 10 years of Værslev’s artistic production. Værslev himself has determined how the paintings should be displayed, which make the exhibition an artwork in itself. The individual works become elements of a larger installation, whose structure avoids all obvious, orthodox solutions. Without introducing new walls or coming into conflict with the existing architecture, Værslev has hung the works in parallel formations that reflect the shape of the museum building, but in an unconventional way.
The complex relationship between image and reality has long been one of the most important topics in art.
In this exhibition, the National Museum shows works from the last four decades by close to forty prominent artists. Using a variety of approaches, they all address the surfeit of images we see all around us.
The visual deluge that supposedly represents our lives, our times, our world. News clips, holiday snaps, flickers from the depths of the internet. A fragmented intermediate world, half illusion, half reality. Excerpts and selections. And in the midst of it all: glimpses of truth. Images with the power to change the world.
The large-scale abstract paintings of Fredrik Værslev confront established conventions, definitions and limitations within the medium of painting. Using both traditional and industrial materials and techniques he creates compositions that draw influence from diverse sources including Abstract and Minimialist painting and graphic design. His exhibition at Bonner Kunstverein will present a series of new works that are co-commissioned with Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen and Fondazione Giuliani, Rome.
