Metal fan (Blue)

Oil on masonite, oak wood frame

40 x 30 cm
Unique
NOK 18,000.00
+ 5% art tax

Endre Aalrust (b. 1973, Hamar, Norway) is a Norwegian artist and film maker living and working in Berlin. He studied History of Ideas, Sociology, Art history at the University of Oslo (1992 – 1997) and art at the National Academy of the Arts in Bergen (1998 – 2002).

Aalrust’s work is driven by an interest in questioning hegemonic ideas and power structures - be it in intimate relations, in families, between friends and lovers, in art, language or politics. When painting, he borrows from a source book of awkward design, kitsch and maudlin sentimentality. Visually he plays with traditional painterly genres such as portrait, landscape and still life. His motifs, however, are more frequently collected from memes, dating apps and lifestyle blogs rather than art history or literature. Humor plays an important role in his works, often combined with feelings of bashfulness and shame. Despite his works’ often jokingly lightness, the onlooker is left with an undefined feeling, questioning whether the works are authentic and touching or silly and devious – not unlike the feeling one might get after scrolling through too many Instagram reels or having spent a whole sunny day inside watching an average series on Netflix.

His work is included in the collection of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany, Museum By Art Matters, Hangzhou, China, Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamling, Norway, Equinor Art Programme, Norway, Innlandet Fylkeskommune, Norway and NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.

Solo (upcoming), KUK, Trondheim, NO
2024
Solo (upcoming), LNM, Oslo, NO
2023
The New Cosy (group), QB Gallery, Oslo, NO
2023
OnlyFans (solo), Østfold Kunstsenter, Fredrikstad, NO
2023
Høstutstillingen (group), Kuntnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
2022, 2019
Slippery Slope (solo), Edvard Munch’s Haus, Warnemünde, DE
2020
Østlandsutstillingen (group), NO
2020
Dear Deer (solo), Kunstbanken, Hamar, NO
2020
Freedom Of Impression (solo), Bærum Kunsthall, NO
2018
Death in the afternoon (solo), Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter, Svolvær, NO
2015
The tenant (group), VI VII, Oslo, NO
2014
The Rise and Fall of Rise and Shine (solo), Galleri Erik Steen, Oslo, NO
2011
Free Lunch (solo), Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, US
2010
Sofa So Good (solo), Galerie Sandy Brown, Berlin, DE
2009
Grand opening (group), Nationalmuseum Berlin, DE
2008
If You Destroy The Image, Youʼll Destroy The Thing Itself (group), Bergen Kunsthall, NO
2008
Norsk skulpturbiennale (group), Vigelandmuseet, Oslo, Norway
2008
As if there’s always free Cheese in the Mousetrap (solo), After The Butcher, Berlin, DE
2007
Try again, fail again, fail better, in colaboration w/Thomas Kilpper (group), Momentum Biennale, Moss, NO
2006
videoscreening, UKS, Oslo, NO
2006
Oppmålt (group), Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, NO
2004