Magnus Pettersen (b.1983, NO) holds a degree from the Royal Danish Art Academy in Copenhagen. In Pettersen’s first solo exhibition in the gallery titled ‘Vitality and Self-interest’ a new series of sculptures are presented which transgress the boundary between artworks and functional objects. With a formal approach, Pettersen combines various units of pigmented concrete cast with polychromatic surfaces, with other materials such as wood, steel and aluminum. The question of what arises when design is no longer bound by functionality, but also reaches for artistic aesthetic and ethical freedom, is central in Pettersen’s artistry. The exhibition title is, amongst other things, inspired by the book ’Vibrant Matter (2009) by the philosopher Jane Bennet, which explores man in relation to his surroundings and the vital force inherent in material formations.
Pettersen lives and works in Copenhagen.
