Monday, May 12, 2025

Magnus Andersen at Kunsthalle Rønnebæksholm

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It is aversive. The look of a children's book you wouldn't buy for your children. Claymation figures with marfan syndrome, frosted fruit flavors, excess 80's patterning, the coyly simplistic composition.  It's all so mildly repulsive. Like a rug covered toilet. So mild. A cartoon pleasantry does beckon creepiness. And the predator pike finally snatching a duckling comes as relief. There is blood in these walls. The smiling creatures can be killed with an axe. Relief.

See too: Magnus AndersenMagnus Andersen at Neue Alte Brücke(2)Magnus Andersen at Neue Alte Brücke & Dorothy Iannone at Air de Paris