Henrik Olesen Explained

Henrik Olesen (b. 1967) is a Danish artist working in Berlin.^[1] He has been featured in exhibitions in New York City,^{[2] [3]} Sweden,^[4] and Austria.^[5]

Olesen was born in Esbjerg. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen from 1989 to 1996.

Project 94 at the Museum of Modern Art in early 2011 was Olesen's first U.S. solo museum show, in which, according to Valery Oisteanu in The Brooklyn Rail, "Olesen probes homosexuality’s criminalization, past and present, through the appropriation of source materials and contextual shifts."^[6]

Henrik Olesen is represented by Galerie Buchholz, Cologne,^[7] and galerie dépendance, Brussels.^[8]

External links

• Secession Building: Henrik Olesen
• Artnet: Henrik Olesen
• Ludlow 38: Henrik Olesen

Notes and References

1. Web site: Art in America: Henrik Olesen. 5 February 2010 . 27 April 2011.
2. Web site: Projects 94: Henrik Olesen. 27 April 2011.
3. Web site: New Museum: Henrik Olesen. 27 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121002004802/http://archive.newmuseum.org/index.php/Detail/Entity/Show/entity_id/3580. 2 October 2012. dead.
4. Web site: Malmo Konsthall: Henrik Olesen. 27 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20170425232635/http://www.konsthall.malmo.se/o.o.i.s/4632. 25 April 2017. dead.
5. Web site: Secession Building: Henrik Olesen. 22 May 2016. 19 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180819150021/https://www.secession.at/exhibition/henrik-olesen/. dead.
6. Oisteanu. Valery. Projects 94: Henrik Olesen. The Brooklyn Rail. April 2011.
7. Web site: Buchholz . Galerie . Henrik Olesen — Galerie Buchholz . 2024-07-01 . www.galeriebuchholz.de . de.
8. Web site: Henrik Olesen . 2024-07-01 . dependance.be . en.