MADS ANDREAS ANDREASSEN
I'M LIKE AN ELEPHANT
10.03 - 03.04.22
"I'm like an elephant, OK? If I walk into a room, it's like, OK, he's in there"
-Tom
ISCA Gallery is pleased to present Mads Andreas Andreassen’s solo exhibition I’m Like an Elephant with a series of new paintings that consist of elements of his idols and the everyday search for patterns and symbols. The works display a variety of techniques and materials such as paper maché, ink, oil, wood, cardboard, concrete, canvas and tourist-flip flops. Andreassens broad and multi-faceted practice ranges from a painter's perspective, to his curatorial projects within Elephant Kunsthalle and his alter-ego and rap artist IMLIKEANELEPHANT.
Mads Andreas Andreassen (b.1986, Lillehammer, Norway) holds a MFA from the Oslo Academy of Fine Art and Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. He is the founder of Elephant Kunsthall, an artist-run space in Lillehammer, and currently participating in the Norwegian Artist Abroad Competence Programme. Recent solo exhibitions include; Batshit Horndick, Den Nordiske Ambassade (2019); The Essence of Reveries of Fortification and Camping, Harpefoss Hotel (2018). Selected group exhibitions include; Et kollektivt kaosmos, Kunsthall Oslo (2020); OLJE OG BEGJÆR, QB Gallery/Blomquist (2019). Upcoming highlights include Duo-show with Urd J Pedersen at PALMERA; Bergen (2022), NAA (with Maria Brinch) 2022.
Head, 2022
Acrylic on canvas, wood
50 x 40 cm
20 000 NOK
Swimmer, 2022
Oil and collage on plywood
30 x 40 cm
12 000 NOK
Whims 1 & 2, 2022
Paper mache, ink, wood, oil
Various sizes
7 000 NOK each
Double Whims 1, 2022
Paper mache, ink, wood, oil
40 x 16 cm
14 000 NOK
Whims 4, 5 & 6, 2022
Paper mache, ink, wood, oil
Various size
7 000 NOK each
Swimmer, 2022
Oil and collage on plywood
30 x 40 cm
12 000 NOK
Cat Castle Mouse House, 2022
Paper mache, ink, wood, oil, concrete
20 x 16 cm
7 000 NOK
Sticks and Glove, 2022
Ink and acrylics on canvas, wooden stretchers
150 x 95 cm
30 000 NOK
High Tide 1 - 4, 2022
Plastic, concrete, metal
Various size
12 000 NOK each
Plate (black), 2022
Light concrete, ink, epoxy
35 cm Dia
10 000 NOK
Bed Gape, 2022
Paper mache, ink, wood, oil, concrete
21 x 15 cm
(Private Collection)
Double Whims 2, 2022
Paper mache, ink, wood, oil
19.5 x 31 cm
14 000 NOK
Whimswim, 2022
Concrete, paper mache, ink, acrylic
20 x 12 cm
7 000 NOK
Runic Floral Runic, 2022
Wood, ink
55 x 7 x 10 cm
(Private Collection)