Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen - Galleri Nicolai Wallner

Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen (1963) has during the last decade been an important figure on the Copenhagen art scene. He has played an instrumental part in the development of Danish contemporary painting and is recognized for his personal approach.

Schmidt-Rasmussen bases his work on his immediate surroundings, the post-industrial, suburban part of Copenhagen known as 'Sydhavnen' and the people who inhabit it. With a keen eye for the inherent surreal and humorous qualities of the landscape Schmidt-Rasmussen presents a view that oscillates between the mundane and the poetic. As images of perfection they only seem to exist in few minutes of clarity before hazing out, the artist capturing their presence in the actual moment or even in the seconds before they happen. In this way the artist is able to paint the local power plant radiating with a sublime light worthy of a Casper David Friedrich or depict a young man standing in a forest with the pose of a Romantic hero decked out in immaculate white sneakers and a zip jacket.

Like the proverbial trip down the rabbit's hole Schmidt-Rasmussen invites us to a world where nothing is as it seems. The transformation of an otherwise bleak landscape into a place of imagination tells about a significant surplus of creative energy and in a way also testify about the artist's own place within the collective space. Schmidt-Rasmussen plays the role of observer but in a game of subjective documentation. The protagonists of his paintings are inscribed in surroundings that both seem familiar and strangely foreign, the landscape slightly altered to bring it nearer the ideal.

As testified throughout the exhibition Schmidt-Rasmussen's paintings merge different styles and artistic strategies. As such it is apparent that the artist's aim is not so much presenting a formalised aesthetic but more expressing a content, tell a story and perhaps draw a line in an otherwise fluctuating world.

Foto:Anders Sune Berg & Henrique Hinnerfeldt

Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen

The Message

20. januar - 24. februar 2007

Galleri Nicolai Wallner

Ny Carlsbergvej 68, 1760 København V

web site:www.nicolaiwallner.com

Tirsdag-fredag 12-17, lørdag 12-15

Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: The Message på Galleri Nicolai Wallner


Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: 5 minutes from now, 2006. 120 x 95 cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner		Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: Everything, 2007. 115 x 95 cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner


Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: Hunting, 2007. 120 x 95 cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner		Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: I can’t think, 2006. 120 X 95 Cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner


Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: Lovechild / Hatebreed, 2006. 120 x 95 cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner		Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: We are left here with mixed emotions, 2007. 120 x 95 cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner


Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: Someone just passed, 2006. 120 x 95 cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner		Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: Stranded, 2007. 110 x 95 cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner


Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: Nervous, 2006. 120 x 95 cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner		Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: Smiling cat laughing dogdrifting islands, 2006. 120 x 95 cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner		Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: Problems, 2006. 110 x 95 cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner


Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: Nothing else, 2006. 110 x 95 cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner		Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: We are reality, 2006. 120 x 95 cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner		Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: The Message, 2006. 110 x 95 cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner


Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: A little misunderstood, 2007. 110 x 100 cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner		Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: Love, 2006. 95 x 105 cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner		Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: O tempora, O mores, 2006. 105 x 95 cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner


Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: U.T. Spruce and houses, 2007. 35 X 40 cm Olie på læred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner		Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: Another 5 minutes from now, 2007. 95 x 120 cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner		Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen: A very early morning, 2007. 160 x 200 cm Olie på lærred Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner

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