HANS EGEDE SCHERER
Visual artist. Born 1975 in Helsingborg, Sweden. Lives and works in Malmö, Sweden.
Through wall-based sculptures scrupulously assembled from ordinary objects and meticulously created collages, the Swedish contemporary artist Hans Egede Scherer reflects on his search for understanding socially transmitted norms and structures, such as culture, language and traditions.
ARTIST STATEMENT
The driving force behind my work is a restless desire to create art and in the process understand myself and the world we live in. My approach is very much guided by intuition and playfullness in terms of different ideas and concepts, but also regarding the physical materiality of my works. I often choose to work with ready-mades and found printed materials (supermarket brochures, newspapers, a dictionary, the bible). Through a dedicated process of cutting, gluing, painting and reformulations, new forms emerge. I often find myself paying attention to the piece, going where it takes me by adding or subtracting layers of materials and meaning. It’s a voyage of discovery. Like travelling without a map.
Materiality and the sense of the physical presence of the piece in space is one of the most fundamental aspects of my work. I’m interested in matters that can not be sufficiently articulated in words. I’m interested in visual poetry and visual art that pushes our boundaries, our sense of perception and awareness. Ultimately my goal as an artist is to illuminate obscurity.
EXHIBITIONS
A Venomous Snake Sheds Its Skin, 7.7-11.10.2020
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Everyday Reflections, 18.9-23.10.2021
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AVAILABLE ARTWORKS
My Name Written Backwards, 2021
Paper collage on cotton, walnut frame
52 x 40 cm
19 500 SEK
(Sold)Rust’n Bone, 2021
Bone, epoxy resin, newspapers, iron, spray paint, walnut frame
112 x 60 cm
38 000 SEKAncient Cavity, 2021
Advertisement leaflets, epoxy resin, homemade pigment, walnut frame
60 x 21 cm
12 500 SEK
(Sold)The Origin of Eeeh, 2021
Paper collage on cotton
140 x 130 cm
34 000 SEKA Venomous Snake Sheds Its Skin, 2020
Chlorine, self-produced pigment, wood,
textile, metal, cotton string
140 x 72 cm
26 500 SEKSensation, 2020
Paper on textile, wood, metal
140 x 120 cm
(Sold)Precursor, 2020
Concrete, walnut, oak, self-produced pigment, aluminum
150 x 50 x 15 cm
38 500 SEKX II, 2020
Encyclopedia, walnut, wood branch from Trondheim, color, self-produced pigment
77 x 77 cm
(Sold)Untitled (Re-write), 2018
Tipp-Exroller, glue, pigment, walnut frame
116 x 140 cm
(Sold)Untitled (Circle), 2018
Advertisement leaflets, glue
124 x 124 cm
(Sold)Untitled (Fan I), 2018
Self-produced pigment, epoxy, brass, walnut
49 x 30 cm
9 500 SEKUntitled (Fan II), 2018
Self-produced pigment, epoxy, brass, walnut
49 x 30 cm
9 500 SEK