"One of my purposes is to stand up for beauty" | Artist Erik Steffensen | Louisiana Channel
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- “When you make an image, in some sense it’s there before you arrive.” Meet Danish artist Erik Steffensen who works in between photography and painting. “It means a lot to me to widen the space.”
“I am not a photographer. Clearly, I am not a painter. I see myself in the tradition of people who transform things.” Erik Steffensen here tells the story of how he discovered and got drawn into the world of art. “I am trying to make images that interest myself. Maybe it is a kind of childhood trauma that you don’t have enough space. So you try for yourself to find a different space that allows you to breathe. That’s a way of dealing with images. It’s not a way of expressing yourself, but of being.”
“Photography”, Steffensen adds, was his first love. And photography is still the point of departure for most of his works today. After developing the images in the darkroom, he afterwards paints upon them. “What is happening with a photograph, when you add color on it, is a small miracle, because everything becomes unique. When you work in a darkroom, every tiny bit of light that comes to the paper, defines it. Every little thing means something. It’s like with a medication - you have to be very precise, otherwise it will kill you. With painting it’s the same thing. Detail is everything.”
“One of my purposes as an artist is to stand up for beauty. Because so many people they stand up for everything else - politics, whatever. Art of course is politics because you chose to do something different. But I still stand up for the kind of beauty that is connected to the inner world. It’s a bit like reading a poem. You can look at a tree and say: ‘Yes, it’s a tree’. You can also look at it and say: ‘Yes, it has a deeper meaning.’”
Erik Steffensen is a Danish artist and writer born in 1961 in Valby, Copenhagen. He studied Philosophy and Art History at the University of Copenhagen and was educated at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen where he held a professorship 1998-2007. His main artistic domain is photography from analogue sources. His work is represented at Fotomuseum Winterthur (Switzerland), Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, and National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen (both Denmark). Site specific works include Strindberg Lighthouse, VUC, Haderslev, and Center for Protein Research, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen (both Denmark). As a writer Erik Steffensen published his autobiography ”Valbyengelsk” in 2003. His latest books include Per Kirkeby: At trække en streg, An Artist Biography, Gyldendal (2017) and Erik Steffensen: BASIC - Black and white photographs. Steffensen has also been the curator of major exhibitions with Per Kirkeby, Olivia Holm Møller, Poul Gernes, Asger Jorn and Helmut Federle.
Erik Steffensen was interviewed in his studio at Vemmetofte Kloster on Stevns, Denmark in June 2021.
Camera: Rasmus Quistgaard
Edited by Rasmus Quistgaard
Produced by Marc-Christoph Wagner
Copyright: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2021
Supported by Den A.P. Møllerske Støttefond
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Its just so beautifull pictures and I really appreciate that you stand up for beauty and have the courage to go for beauty
- life is not just diagnoses of problems its also possible to find beauty everywhere - and all the beautifull moments transform everything - I see them as little Doors into Paradise - and they make the heart sing 🌺🌷❤️thank you
An expression of the things that we can’t find words for.
That’s beautiful
I love your work and feel exactly, that the trees have knowledge and understanding. They are so special and we couldn't survive without them. I have found many answers to questions, by sitting and focusing on a tree.
Wonderful man full of wonder I shall go find more of his work - inspiring, thank you
I love your work and your curiosity. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
Beautiful message full of meaning ~ the inner world is expressed through the humility of this man with the eyes and heart of a child poet~ 🦋 thank you ~
Love the atmosphere and tonalism in these works. Beautiful.
beautiful work
He is very inspiring! Great artwork too! 💯🎯✅
Stunning work!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
This was very very inspiring for me. As an artist, I need deeper meanings, to find the beauty in everyday things. Thanks 🙏🏻💖
Being an artist is like going this kind of way where you
don't know if its a really good way to go...Tak.
Yes to everything ☺️☺️☺️
Beutifull work I am a collegue phorographer from ARGENTINA
💚❣🍁❣💚
expressing does not mean expressing yourself
observing and experiencing is not expressing
artists don't define life, but art does.
The expression is in HOW you present(express) the observation. The action happens because of the observation, therefore the act of doing is expressing one's self(expression).
@@Demention94 when I create, sometimes all I observe is what I express. And what I express I create from nothing.
Scrolled through this and they hardly show the paintings at all but what I could see well...ok
boring