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Call
2017

Art Basel Hong Kong 2017
Presented by THIS IS NO FANTASY



Part monochrome paintings, part trompe l’oeil sculptures, the paintings in Call were deceptively realistic facsimiles of tattered hard-back library books made uncannily large, too big for the shelves of any library and impossible to hold or read.

Each of the works began in automatic writing sessions where the energy of the fictional entity Tor Rasmussen (also known as Kraken) was channelled, with uttered phrases forming the titles of each of the books.



Call exhibition catalogue (PDF)

Artist statement (PDF)



Exhibited works

1. Hirot cor vantir, 2016, oil on canvas, calico, board, 47 x 36 x 5 cm

2. Carsch ki larch, 2016, oil on canvas, calico, board, 52 x 41 x 5 cm

3. Kier in kter ver feer, 2016, oil on canvas, calico, board, 51.5 x 38 x 3 cm

4. Dor veirren stic fer lent, 2016, oil on canvas, calico, board, 44 x 28 x 3 cm

5. Vor mir vell ect, 2016, oil on canvas, calico, board, 47 x 31 x 6 cm

6. Rahn cirekrek, 2016, oil on canvas, calico, board, 44.5 x 32 x 6 cm

7. En cor rah ya sicht, 2016, oil on canvas, calico, board, 47.5 x 47.5 x 6.5 cm

8. Korcht irven rohns, 2016, oil on canvas, calico, board, 52 x 35.5 x 5.5 cm

9. Bergt vin leir ri agsteroch, 2016, oil on canvas, calico, board, 43 x 31 x 6.5 cm

10. Resch nel irk, 2016, oil on canvas, calico, board, 57 x 44 x 6 cm














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