Henrik Plenge Jakobsen

Henrik Plenge Jakobsen (born 1967 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish conceptual artist, who works in a variety of media, from sculpture and installation art to performance art and public intervention.

Henrik Plenge Jakobsen
Born1967 (age 53–54)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Alma materRoyal Danish Academy of Art
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
OccupationArtist

He has studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art, Copenhagen, Denmark, from 1987 to 1994, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts and Institut des Hautes Etudes en Art plastique, Paris, France, from 1992 to 1993.

Henrik Plenge Jakobsen lives in Copenhagen.

Work

Plenge Jakobsens project is socio-critical in the sense that he examines and discusses political, economical, cultural and social structures forming the foundation of modern life. Like the Situationists, he is interested in finding a meaningful art form capable of defining a place in the public space, while directly making use of everyday institutions. His project does not seek to cannibalize reality but to incorporate reality into the work itself. His work is radical exactly because it insists on the work's real presence rather than interrogating the foundation of reality. For Plenge Jakobsen, art and reality are not separate spheres that can be temporarily forced together. Existing in the world, art represents one of the realities that constitute life. Henrik Plenge Jakobsens work can be described as a configuration of visual elements in spatial arrangements, often involving an additional element of action or performance. Many of his works combine sculptural elements and objects in a plastic display positioned between sculpture and installation. Differing from the theatrical and systemic, “total” form of classic installation art. Plenge Jakobsens installation stratagems are based on a more unrestrained, flexible arrangement in which the room is merely an arbitrary architectural frame rather than a meaningful collaborator.[1]

Exhibitions

Recent solo exhibitions have included Eggjastokkur (2011) and Liten Skandinavisk Teori (2019) at NoPlace,[2] Oslo; Mainframe at Kunstverein für Die Rheinlande und Westfalen,[3] Düsseldorf in 2010; Manhattan Engineering District, FRAC Pays de la Loire,[4] Carquefou, France in 2007; J’Accuse, South London Gallery,[5] London, England in 2005 and Circus Portikus, Portikus,[6] Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 2003.

Henrik Plenge Jakobsen is represented by Galerie Patricia Dorfmann,[7] Paris, France.

References
  1. Marianne Torp: All that is Solid Melts into Air, Henrik Plenge Jakobsen: J’accuse, Pork Salad Press, 2006, pp. 4-13
  2. "Eggjastokkur : NoPlace". Noplace.no. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  3. "Henrik Plenge Jakobsen". Archiv.kunstverein-duesseldorf.de. Archived from the original on 2013-02-06. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  4. "Henrik Plenge Jakobsen". Frac des Pays de la Loire. 2007-10-07. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  5. "Henrik Plenge Jakobsen : J'Accuse | Exhibitions". South London Gallery. 2005-02-27. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  6. "Portikus Exhibition 121 Henrik Plenge Jakobsen CIRCUS PORTIKUS". Portikus.de. Archived from the original on 2013-02-12. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  7. "Galerie Patricia Dorfmann" (in French). Patriciadorfmann.com. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
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