Karl Holmqvist
°1964, Västerâs (SE) - lives and works in Berlin (DE)
Karl Holmqvist is an artist whose primary material is language. His inventive re-renderings of words and phrases take various forms including artist’s books, posters, wall drawings, sculpture, videos and live performances. Borrowing from generic types of speech or written word, ranging from common sayings to literary references, from popular music to political activism, Holmqvist repositions these sampled fragments in new contexts, allowing for ambiguity and double meanings to emerge.
(courtesy of Camden Arts Centre)
Karl Holmqvist – One Child per Household, exhibition view at dépendance, Brussels in 2018
Karl Holmqvist – One Child per Household, exhibition view at dépendance, Brussels in 2018
Karl Holmqvist – Untitled (BANG_3), 2016
Karl Holmqvist – exhibition view at Indipendenza, Rome (Photo by Dario Lasagni)
Karl Holmqvist – KHAPALBHATI, 2017-2018, exhibition view at Sant’Andrea de Scaphis, Rome
Karl Holmqvist – Untitled (RUNUPANDDOWN), 2015
Karl Holmqvist – #ALLTHISSCRATCHINISMAKINMEITCH…, exhibition view at House of Gaga, Mexico CD
Karl Holmqvist – #ALLTHISSCRATCHINISMAKINMEITCH…, exhibition view at House of Gaga, Mexico CD
Karl Holmqvist – installation view at Maison d'Art, Los Angeles in 2017
Karl Homqvist’s work is shown internationally. Recent solo exhibitions include Centre d’ Art Contemporain, Gevena; Camden Art Centre, London; Argos, Brussels; and The Power Station, Dallas. Recent group exhibitions include Moderna Museet, Stockholm; KW, Berlin, Museo Berardo, Lisbon; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; Serpentine, London; and MoMA, New York. Holmqvist also participated in the 2003 and 2011 Venice Biennial.
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