Michael Armitage
Subtitle: account of an illiterate man
By: Anna Kærsgaard Gregersen
Contributors: Kærsgaard Gregersen, Anna, author; Ny Carlsberg glyptotek
Publisher: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Kobenhavn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9788774523796
Subjects: Catalogs; Kenyan Art
Other titles: Account of an illiterate man
Description: Armitage, who was born in Kenya and trained at the Slade School of Art and the Royal Academy of Arts in London, works between East-African and European traditions carefully selected and freely combined in works by the artist. Armitage's monumental oil paintings interweave political events, pop culture, social media, folklore and personal memories with mythology and dreamlike imagery. 'Michael Armitage - Account of an Illiterate Man' is the first solo exhibition by the artist in Scandinavia, presenting a series of key works as well as new works on loan from private collectors and major art museums. The exhibition is also the first to present Armitage's work in a site-specific installation based on the six millennia of art and archaeological artefacts in the Glyptotek's collections. The installation has been curated in a close collaboration between the Glyptotek and the artist himself. Exhibition: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark (10.06 - 17.10.2021)
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark, from June 10 - October 17, 2021