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HENRIK OLESEN
Not one
distinctive European democracy offer gay and lesbian citizens the equal
legal rights as heterosexuals. On a global view approximately 40 countries
criminalize same-sex relationships, whether between men or women. In a
further approximately 40 countries, same-sex sexual relationships between
men only also remain illegal. In at least 7 countries the maximum penalty
is death.
A central subject in my work has been to investigate the representation
of minorities within achievement of history, and within law and social/political
structures: how does legislation/ criminalization characterize certain
social groups and what are the consequences of the heterosexual (regulated)
structures?
To recognize the boundaries of (legal) identity, I suppose we have to
understand the effects of living inside capitalism/ production. In the
publication “Anthologie de l’amour sublime” I have searched
the origin to the criminalization of homosexuality in the birth of democracy
(the image of the consuming reproductive family as the sublime body for
breeding unlimited capitalism).
CV - HENRIK OLESEN
Henrik Olesen, born 1967. Lives and works in Berlin,
Germany
1989 - 1996 The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
1995 - 1997 Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Städelschule,
Frankfurt, Germany
Solo
exhibitions (selected):
2004
Secession, Vienna, Austria (cat.)
2003
„1935 1922“, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany (cat.)
Kunstverein Salzburg, Austria
“Hosni Mubarak, Aaron McKinney, Richmond, Belgrad”, Städtisches
Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
“6 oder 7 neue Arbeiten“, Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
2002
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln, Germany
”There are two temperatures: one outside, one inside”, Kirsten
Pieroth / Henrik Olesen (collaboration), Galleria Franco Noero, Torino,
Italy
2001
Studiogalerie, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany
2000
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
1997
Henrik Olesen / Sean Snyder (collaboration), Galleri Campbells Occasionally,
Kopenhagen Denmark
Group
exhibitions (selected):
2003
“World Watchers”, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst,
Berlin, Germany (cat.)
“Influence, Anxiety, and Gratitude (Toward an Understanding of Trans-generational
Dialogue as a Gift Economy)”, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge,
USA
“GNS. Global Navigation System”, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
(cat.)
“Utopia Station” (collaboration with Kirsten Pieroth), 50th
Venice Biennial, Italy (cat.)
2002
“Rent-a-bench”, Street Project, Los Angeles, USA (cat.)
”Zusammenhänge herstellen”, Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany
(cat.)
”Ökonomien der Zeit”, Museum Ludwig, Köln / Akademie
der Künste, Berlin, Germany / Migros Museum, Zürich, Switzerland
(cat.)
”The collective unconsciousness”, Migros Museum, Zürich
”Centre of Attraction, 8th Baltic Triennial of International Art”,
Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Litauen
2001
”Pedigree Pal – Neudefinition von Familie”, Shedhalle,
Zürich, Switzerland (cat.)
”Arbeit, Essen, Angst”, Kokerei Zollverein, Essen, Germany
(cat.)
”Trans Sexual Express Barcelona”, 1st Barcelona Triennial,
Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain (cat.)
”Neue Welt”, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/M., Germany
(cat.)
”Inside Space / Experiments in redefining Rooms”, MIT List
Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA , USA (cat.)
2000
”All you can eat”, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst,
Leipzig, Germany (cat.)
”No swimming”, Kunstverein München, Germany (cat.)
”[re:songlines]”, halle_für_Kunst e.V., Lüneburg,
Germany (cat.)
1999
”The work in this space is a response to the existing condition
and/or work previously shown within the space”, neugerriemschneider,
Berlin, Germany
”Dispensing with Formalities”, Recent works / Jacob Fabricius,
Denmark
1997
”speisen / der umbaumraum”, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany
Selected
bibliography:
2003
exh.cat. “Zusammenhänge herstellen”, Kunstverein in Hamburg,
ed. Yilmaz Dziewior, text: Astrid Wege, Collapse of Information, pp. 56-62.
exh.cat. “GNS. Global Navigation System”, Palais de Tokyo,
Paris, pp.168-173
Neue Review, Ausgabe 2, Juli, “Henrik Olesen”, by John Miller
and Aura Rosenberg,
p.28 – 29
2002
exh.cat. “Strike”, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, ed. Liam Gillick
and Gavin Wade, p.57.
exh.cat. ”Ökonomien der Zeit”, Museum Ludwig, Köln
/ Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany, ed. Astrid Wege, Hans Christian
Dany, text: Sabeth Buchmann, ”Im Außen der Ingroup Struktur”,
pp. Mär 20 – Apr 1/ Henrik Olesen, “Lack of Information”,
pp. Sep 29 – Okt 6.
”Henrik Olesen: What is Authority?”, Pork Salad Press, Kopenhagen,
DK., Texte von / Texts by Frederikke Hansen, Sabeth Buchmann, Bill Arning.
Texte zur Kunst, Heft 46, ”Anomal lange Finger / Henrik Olesen in
der Galerie Buchholz”, Brigitte Weingart, pp. 178-183.
Flash Art, May/June, ”Possible Works. Henrik Olesen and Kirsten
Pieroth”, Jacob Fabricius, pp. 98/99.
2001
exh. cat. ”Sex – Vom Wissen und Wünschen”, Deutsches
Hygiene Museum, Dresden
exh. cat. [re:songlines], halle_für_kunst Lüneburg e.V., ed.:
Bernd Milla, Heike Munder
exh, cat. Arbeit Essen Angst, Kokerei Zollverein, Ed.: Marius Babias and
Florian Waldvogel, ”Alltag, Ausgrenzung”, F. Waldvogel
exh. cat. ”Trans Sexual Express”, Centre d’Art Santa
Mónica, Barcelona, pp. 142-147, 176
exh.cat. ”Henrik Olesen”, Studiogalerie Kunstverein Braunschweig,
Text von / Text by Sabeth Buchmann
exh. cat. ”Inside Space. Experiments in redefining rooms”,
MIT List visual Arts Center, Bill Arning, Joel Sanders
2000
New York Times, Dec. 22, ”Marcel Odenbach and Henrik Olesen”,
Holland Cotter
nu: The nordic art review, Vol.II, No. 3, ”A twist in his sobriety”,
Frederikke Hansen, pp. 60-65
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