Kasper Sonne, Young Man, 2024

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oil on linen

200.3 x 155.1 x 4.5 cm
78 3/4 x 59 x 1 3/4 in

Kasper Sonne (b. 1974, Copenhagen, Denmark) graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design, and Conservation in 2000. Over the past fifteen years, he has...

Kasper Sonne (b. 1974, Copenhagen, Denmark) graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design, and Conservation in 2000. Over the past fifteen years, he has lived and worked between Copenhagen and New York. Initially rooted in design and graffiti, Sonne transitioned from bold figurative paintings to abstraction, focusing on the medium's qualities without narrative constraints. Recently, he has returned to figuration, blending painterly qualities of color, line, and form with figural elements. His latest works often depict expansive, desolate landscapes that explore the psychological complexities of isolation, expanding individual mental states to a tectonic scale. Sonne's art frequently investigates how we interpret our surroundings by constructing and deconstructing reality, using the horizon line as a symbolic rupture and placing anonymous figures in vibrant, melancholic settings.

Sonne's practice involves creating shallow compositional fields with architecture, imbuing his works with theatricality and isolation. His solitary figures are often distant, adding a sense of melancholia. He constructs his compositions from found images, personal photos, and imagined fragments, aiming to visualize moods rather than depict reality. His works feature layers, drips, and imperfections, reflecting his fascination with destructive elements in man and nature and an overall feeling of displacement and melancholy. Sonne has held solo exhibitions at HEART Museum in Denmark and SAPS Museum in Mexico City and participated in group exhibitions at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, the National Museum of Capodimonte in Naples, and Palais de Tokyo in Paris.

Kasper Sonne Denmark, b. 1974

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