“It’s not something that’s described a lot or talked a lot about in contemporary art right now, but I do like the sensous feelings of a painting.” – Troels Carlsen

Carlsen’s archival impulses which connect such seemingly disparate references spring from a nearly forensic interest in how images are made, and how our understanding of the world is constituted by images in a symbolic as well as a literal, bodily sense. Carlsen’s interest in image creation explores how we recognize- and idealize both ourselves and others with romantic introspection. Bloomerang continues through Saturday October 23.

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Interview by Amanda Færk
Video by Theis Mortensen
Edit by Mark Balstrup