Michael Kvium

(Danish, born 1955)

Michael Kvium is a Danish artist best known for his illustrations and paintings of grotesque creatures rendered in a realistic way. Kvium’s works are obliquely meant to comment on the ugliness of humanity and himself. “When you are working existentially, as I do, it's very important, all the while, to try to include the whole person, and the whole person is, of course, also the feeling of being human, from when one is very young until old age,” he remarked. “The feeling of being vulnerable, the feeling of frailness. But here, I'm working much more abstractly seeing that ordinarily, people react very violently.” Many of his works depict figures that resemble the artist, but are somehow contorted or discolored. Born on November 15, 1955 in Horsens, Denmark, the artist studied under Albert Mertz and Stig Brøgger at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. He would go on to create Værkstedet Værst, a collaborative workshop for performance art, alongside artist Christian Lemmerz. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Red Brick Contemporary Art Museum in Beijing, China, and the Cabinet Des Estampes in Geneva, Switzerland, among others. Kvium lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Michael Kvium (1,532 results)
“Competition”, 1993

Michael Kvium

“Competition”, 1993

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Composition with figures, 1986

Michael Kvium

Composition with figures, 1986

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“Re-aktion”, 1988

Michael Kvium

“Re-aktion”, 1988

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Composition, blind spots, 2007

Michael Kvium

Composition, blind spots, 2007

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“Bedrageriske forviklinger”, diptyc, 2002, 2002

Michael Kvium

“Bedrageriske forviklinger”, diptyc, 2002, 2002

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“Sunny Violence Corner”, diptyc, 2002...., 2002

Michael Kvium

“Sunny Violence Corner”, diptyc, 2002...., 2002

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“Fools”, gold, silver and bronze. Signed..., 2003

Michael Kvium

“Fools”, gold, silver and bronze. Signed..., 2003

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Figure composition, 1986

Michael Kvium

Figure composition, 1986

Sale Date: March 30, 2021

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Composition with figures, 1994, 1994

Michael Kvium

Composition with figures, 1994, 1994

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“Solobillede”, 2005

Michael Kvium

“Solobillede”, 2005

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“Identity III”, 1997

Michael Kvium

“Identity III”, 1997

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“Identity II”, 1997

Michael Kvium

“Identity II”, 1997

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“Identity I”, 1997

Michael Kvium

“Identity I”, 1997

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Composition, 1991

Michael Kvium

Composition, 1991

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“Naiv opstilling”, 1995

Michael Kvium

“Naiv opstilling”, 1995

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“Diplomatisk model”, 1990

Michael Kvium

“Diplomatisk model”, 1990

Sale Date: March 23, 2021

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System, 1993

Michael Kvium

System, 1993

Sale Date: April 20, 2021

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Amorpheus composition, 1991

Michael Kvium

Amorpheus composition, 1991

Sale Date: March 9, 2021

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“Sunny Violence Corner”, diptyc, 2002, 2002

Michael Kvium

“Sunny Violence Corner”, diptyc, 2002, 2002

Sale Date: March 9, 2021

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“Sokke maleri”, 1998, 1998

Michael Kvium

“Sokke maleri”, 1998, 1998

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Composition, blind spots, 2007

Michael Kvium

Composition, blind spots, 2007

Sale Date: March 9, 2021

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“Blind end”, 1997

Michael Kvium

“Blind end”, 1997

Sale Date: March 2, 2021

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“Rødt mimebillede” (Red Mime Image), 2002, 2002

Michael Kvium

“Rødt mimebillede” (Red Mime Image), 2002, 2002

Sale Date: March 10, 2021

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“Pos. drawing / Neg. drawing”, 1997

Michael Kvium

“Pos. drawing / Neg. drawing”, 1997

Sale Date: March 10, 2021

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