Born 1957
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A characteristic of Frandsen’s artistic practice is his recycling of motives and the application of these to various mediums, with an altogether different expression as the end result. Erik A. Frandsen has in series repeated specific motifs in order to illuminate, that which is not visible at first glance. For example motifs previously painted in acrylic on aluminium are recycled in mosaics of Venetian smalti.
A sought motive by Erik A. Frandsen is that of his family in intimate, everyday situations. Whereas this imagery at first gives rise to the notion of family life in harmony, at second glace they appear unnerving due to the juxtaposition of the same image in photographic negatives. The same goes with the flower compositions. They are not flower motives in the traditional sense, but more so images of interiors in which the flowers are placed. Erik A. Frandsen’s flower motives are not traditional flower motives but weeds such as thistles and dandelions placed in urine bottles and in kitch vases.
Erik A. Frandsen has since moved on to new techniques and new materials. Large reflective stainless-steel surfaces have been treated with polishing tools to “paint” sensuous flowers traditional symbols beauty and life, but also of mortality. Frandsen have previously used the floral motif in his exploration of the private domain, although usually in acrylic on aluminium. In 2004, Erik A. Frandsen presented radical new works. Onto the surface of large reflective steel sheets, Frandsen’s characteristic flowers motives were engraved. Heavy metal and the honing of a drilling machine had replaced canvas and brush.
Photo: Kirstine Mengel / Gallery DGV
