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Flesh Mirror by Anders Krisár at Christian Larsen Gallery in Stockholm

Words by Yatzer

Stockholm, Sweden

Gallery Christian Larsen presents celebrated Swedish artist Anders Krisár’s latest solo exhibition. Known for his realistic sculptures depicting child-like, sexless human forms (usually fragmented or deeply imprinted with symbolic shapes),Krisár strives towards absolute purity and perfection in his work, a gesture which imbues the seemingly cerebral and sterile forms of his creations with a profound emotional power. For his current show at Christian Larsen titled ‘Flesh Mirror’, Krisár presents some of his signature sculptures together with a selection from his ‘Flesh Clouds’ (2014) series: large-scale elegant photograms in a deep dark red colour that were produced by projecting a light beam directly on photographic paper in a dark room while people were moving in front of it, thus capturing the traces of their shadows in a physical way. The centrepiece of the exhibition however, is the new work ‘Mirror Man’ (2014), where a mirror in the shape of a human stands in front of a skin-coloured canvas, as a symbol of how our identities and personalities are defined by what we see and experience in our environment.

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Anders Krisár, Half Boy, 2014
Acrylic paint on polyester resin, polyurethane, oil paint, board, and screws, 146 x 20,5 x 20,5 cm
Photo © Christian Larsen, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Installation: Anders Krisár, Flesh Mirror, Christian Larsen, Stockholm, Sweden, May 15–June 15, 2014
Photo © Christian Larsen, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Anders Krisár, Untitled, 2013
Acrylic paint on polyester resin, polyurethane, board, oil paint, and screws 73 × 45 × 67 cm
Photo © Christian Larsen, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Anders Krisár, Mirror Man, 2014
Stainless steel, polyester resin, board, oil paint and screws, two parts, 155.5 x 60.5 x 4.3 cm and 173.5 x 51 x 50 cm
Photo © Christian Larsen, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Installation: Anders Krisár, Flesh Mirror, Christian Larsen, Stockholm, Sweden, May 15–June 15, 2014
Photo © Christian Larsen, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Anders Krisár, Flesh Cloud (Photogram #3), 2014
Chromogenic print, mounted to aluminum and framed, 125×180 cm
Photo © Christian Larsen, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Installation: Anders Krisár, Flesh Mirror, Christian Larsen, Stockholm, Sweden, May 15–June 15, 2014
Photo © Christian Larsen, Stockholm, Sweden.