Jan Hakon Erichsen Exhibition
AC Institute
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I work within a variety of media focusing on topics like fear, anger and frustration. I have spent several years perfecting a D.I.Y aesthetic with found objects being the main source of work material.
In Seek and Destroy a leather armchair is shot with a bow and arrow, hung from the ceiling and then slaughtered like a wild animal. We can only see the hunter’s hands and feet, while he executes his actions with disturbing, cold determination. This is one of several works where I strive to force to viewer into feeling remorse for inanimate objects. Through slaughtering a chair I seek to question and alter the way we look at the objects that surround us and the way we live our lives in the modern world. -Jan Hakon Erichsen
Jan Hakon Erichsen is a young Norwegian artist who works with video, installation and photo. He has exhibited widely in Norwegian and international galleries and partaken in numerous international video festivals after he finished his education at the National Academy of Arts in Oslo. In 2008 he was selected as one of thirty Norwegian artists to exhibit at Astrup Fearnley museum of Modern Art in Oslo in an exhibition showcasing the best of the young Norwegian art scene. He has since received several grants and prizes for his art work.
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Schedule
from February 23, 2012 to March 06, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-02-23 from 18:00 to 20:00