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Una Boccata d’Arte 2024
Public commission
Serre di Rapolano, Italy
Opening: 22 June

Overgaden Intro
Solo exhibition at O-Overgaden
Copenhagen, Denmark
22 November 2024 to 2 February 2025

YOU'RE DRIVING ME NUTS!
Group Exhibition at Studio Hannibal
Berlin, Germany
7 June to 5 July

Art Award Nord
Group exhibition at Herbert Gerisch-Stiftung
Neumünster, Germany
28 April to 26 May 2024

House Warming
Group exhibition at Bloko_748
Venezia, Italy
17 April to 24 November 2024

Sculpture Biennale Søby
Group exhibition in the public space of Søby
Ærø, Denmark
1 June to 1 September

Villiam Miklos Andersen, Umsteigemöglichkeit, 2020, exhibition view, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus

Umsteigemöglichkeit, 2020

Solo exhibition by Villiam Miklos Andersen at Kunsthal Aarhus in Aarhus, Denmark

With Umsteigemöglichkeit, Villiam Miklos Andersen has created a work consisting of three main modules. The first element, and the one from which the others originate, is a book published for the exhibition. The book contains an essay written by Andersen over the course of the last year (2019/20), offering a description of the artist’s life, work, movements, and observations, all merging into a single stream of consciousness. The format of the books allows them to be stacked on a pallet, turning them into a sculptural element.

The second element of the work consists of paintings. Their subject matter is taken from the book, and like the books, their formats are a perfect fit for the standard EUR pallet system. In another parallel to the books, the paintings are stacked as well, but they are also hung on the glass façade of Kunsthal Aarhus by means of a suction cup mounting system developed for the exhibition. The installation interacts with the venue’s outdoor aluminum furniture, establishing a relationship between interior and exterior realms.

The third and final element is performative in nature and concerns the artist’s own presence. During the exhibition period, Andersen is living in a converted motorhome in the Kunsthal Aarhus courtyard. Here, he enters into dialogue with visitors and gradually rearranges the exhibition.

All elements of Andersen’s practice are characterised by an interest in the logistical systems of post-industrial society. How personal and private spheres are interwoven with and shaped by systems created by economic logic. Specifically, the book’s narrative and the artist’s own life – which in recent years has involved shuttling between the cities of Europe – have been shaped by the experiences and opportunities of movement allowed by capitalism. Logistical, streamlining systems also shape Andersen’s works when they adopt formats that are ready to be packed and palleted. He depicts lived life in the midst of a vast network of systems and ever-optimising practicalities.

- Anna Weile Kjær

Das Umsteigemöglichkeit Buch, 2020, EUR-half pallet, novel written by the artist and published by Kunsthal Aarhus, 80 x 60 x 40 / 15 x 10 x 1 cm (340 ed.)

Villiam Miklos Andersen, Umsteigemöglichkeit, 2020, exhibition view, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus

As part of the exhibition, a special supplement to Aarhus Stiftidende was published and distributed to households in Aarhus. The supplement contained phantom drawings of the exhibition concept by courtroom sketch artist Anna Gyrite Schütt, as described to her by the artist, and a transcribed interview between writer and radio host Ayşe Dudu Tepe and the artist.

Villiam Miklos Andersen, Umsteigemöglichkeit, 2020, exhibition view, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus

Die Umsteigemöglichkeit Serie (No. 1-15), 2020, inkjet on waterproof canvas, 120 x 80 x 4 cm (15)