Martin Erik Andersen (born 1964) is a Danish sculptor who also works with drawings, textiles and sound. A former professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, he was a recipient of the Thorvaldsen Medal in 2014.[1]
Biography
editAndersen lives and works in Copenhagen. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (1985–92) and also in Cairo. 2009-2018 he was a professor at the Academy's department of sculpture.[1] His installations draw on a variety of techniques and materials including textiles, creations on paper, video, sound and light as well as scaffolding, plants and polyester. They attract the viewer, providing a new perspective of familiar objects.[2]
His Freud's Gashgai (2011) in Statens Museum for Kunst is inspired by the rug on Sigmund Freud's couch which is now presented as a sculpted polyester relief. Like his other works, there is a relationship between the two-dimensional (the rug) and the three-dimensional (when spread over the couch) as well as between image and object.[3]
Other notable installations include Kingdom of dirt, a complex set of symmetric patterns on a concrete floor mosaic, and More give me more give me more — dette dit dørtrin, a huge upright purple carpet hanging on a steel frame representing a contemporary paraphrase of the Ardabil Carpet. It was on the basis of these pieces that he was awarded the Thorvaldsen Medal.[4]
Awards
editIn 2004, Andersen was awarded the Eckersberg Medal and, in 2014, the Thorvaldsen Medal.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Martin Erik Andersen". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Martin Erik Andersen". Galleri Riis. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ Marianne Torp. "Martin Erik Andersen (1964-), Freud's Gashgai, 2011". Statens Museum for Kunst. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Motivering for medaljemodtagelse: Martin Erik Andersen" (in Danish). Akademiraadet. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
