Henrik Olesen
As Yet Untitled 3, 2018
On loan to the exhibition Henrik Olesen at the Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
26.06.2019—21.10.2019

Curated by: Helena Tatay

The artistic practice of Henrik Olesen (1967, Esbjerg, Denmark) explores, with a conceptually rigorous approach, the structures of power relations and systems of knowledge, revealing some of their inherent logics, those which contribute to social and political regularisation.

Olesen employs cheap, everyday materials to make collages, posters, texts, sculptures, installations and architectural interventions which critically examine contemporary culture and socially disseminated normalisations, thereby questioning quotidian conventions in family structures, the construction of identities and their historiography, the media, legal discourses, art history, and other sources.  

This exhibition, the first solo show dedicated to Olesen’s oeuvre in Spain, assembles a selection of his most pertinent works, along with a series of architectural interventions made specifically for the spaces inside the Museo Reina Sofía.

As Yet Untitled 3 originates from the Kervahut—Collection Laurent Fiévet.