ERIK A. FRANDSEN, Denmark

Erik A. Frandsen (b. 1957, Randers) is a selftaught artist.

Having chosen an unconventional path, dispensing of the traditional academic training, Frandsen takes his inspiration from all areas of life, as well as from art history and the artisans he has encountered through his extensive studies. In the years 1976-1979 he went to Greece to study ceramics, spent time in Carrara, Italy training as a sculptor, and traveled to Paris, France where he worked with graphics.

Erik A. Frandsen’s oeuvre is characterized by a recycling of motives and the application of these to various mediums, with an altogether different expression as the end result in order to illuminate that, which is not visible at first glance.

A frequent motif by Erik A. Frandsen is the flower composition, although they are not flower motifs in the traditional sense, but rather images of interiors in which the flowers are centrally placed. Frandsen’s flowers of choice are weeds such as thistles and dandelions placed in urine bottles in kitsch vases. In an art historical context the flower motif has sustained as a symbol of beauty, sensuality, life, death, and vanity. Erik A. Frandsen has earlier applied the flower motif as a symbol in his artistic exploration of intimacy, relationships, and home life as the chosen themes of his paintings.

Erik A. Frandsen has exhibited widely abroad as well as in Denmark – e.g. ARoS, New Carlsberg Glyptotek, Arken, Statens Museum for Kunst and Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.

 

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Available works:

 

• Semele, 2019 Semele, 2019
• Semele III, 2019 Semele III, 2019
• Untitled, 2019 Untitled, 2019
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• No 76, 2012 No 76, 2012
• Still Life, 2016 Still Life, 2016
• Silent Screams, 2017 Silent Screams, 2017
• Silent Screams, 2017 Silent Screams, 2017
• Fælledvej, Night (2017) Fælledvej, Night (2017)
• Still Life, 2019 Still Life, 2019
• Flower Angles I, 2018 Flower Angles I, 2018
• Flower Angles II, 2018 Flower Angles II, 2018
• Still Life, 2016 Still Life, 2016
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• Morandi's tablet - 2015 Morandi's tablet - 2015
• Morandi's tablet - 2015 Morandi's tablet - 2015
• Morandi's tablet - 2015 Morandi's tablet - 2015
• Basic Europe - 2015 Basic Europe - 2015
• Basic Europe - 2015 Basic Europe - 2015
• Basic Europe - 2015 Basic Europe - 2015
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• Withered Still Life I, 2017 Withered Still Life I, 2017
• Withered Still Life II, 2017 Withered Still Life II, 2017
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Photography:

 

 

• Billiard tables Billiard tables
• Las Vegas Las Vegas
• Las Vegas II Las Vegas II
• Oregon Oregon
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Prints:

 

• Boy, New York - 2007 Boy, New York - 2007
• Fireplug, New York - 2007 Fireplug, New York - 2007
• Flower, New York - 2007 Flower, New York - 2007
• Flower, Rome - 2009 Flower, Rome - 2009
• Flower, Rome - 2009 Flower, Rome - 2009
• Flowers, Falster - 2010 Flowers, Falster - 2010
• Flowers, Falster - 2011 Flowers, Falster - 2011
• Fruit Bowl, Falster - 2009 Fruit Bowl, Falster - 2009
• Girl, Arizona - 2008 Girl, Arizona - 2008
• Man and dog, Harlem - 2008 Man and dog, Harlem - 2008
• Shoemaker, Chinatown, New York - 2007 Shoemaker, Chinatown, New York - 2007
• Shoes, Naples - 2009 Shoes, Naples - 2009
• Statue, Paris - 2009 Statue, Paris - 2009
• Stuffed Birds, Falster - 2009 Stuffed Birds, Falster - 2009
• Succulent Fælledvej, 2007 Succulent Fælledvej, 2007
• Untitled, 2005 (1 af 4) Untitled, 2005 (1 af 4)
• Untitled, 2005 (2 af 4) Untitled, 2005 (2 af 4)
• Untitled, 2005 (3 af 4) Untitled, 2005 (3 af 4)
• Untitled, 2005 (4 af 4) Untitled, 2005 (4 af 4)
• Water Bottle, Nerano - 2009 Water Bottle, Nerano - 2009
• Woman, Paris - 2008 Woman, Paris - 2008
• Flowers, Falster - 2012 Flowers, Falster - 2012
• Flowers, Falster - 2013 Flowers, Falster - 2013
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Selected Works:

 

• Commission at Realdania Commission at Realdania
• Flower compositions (2012) Flower compositions (2012)
• Stone Mosaic Piazza del Popolo (2005) Stone Mosaic Piazza del Popolo (2005)
• The Family Series (1998) The Family Series (1998)
• The Jalta Series (1989) The Jalta Series (1989)
• You get 2500 (1988) You get 2500 (1988)
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• Crown Princess Mary in her study Crown Princess Mary in her study
• Flowers (2005) Flowers (2005)
• Cannabis (2006) Cannabis (2006)
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