Marais, Paris
Alexander Tovborg
Thomas: Chapter 2
AtrataAtrata is pleased to present the second chapter of Thomas, a two-part exhibition by Danish artist Alexander Tovborg. This new chapter presents a series of icons, accompanied by a text by Kristian Vistrup Madsen, and serves as a continuation of the show currently on view in Angles-sur-l'Anglin. Thomas is the name of the incredulous – the one who responded to Christ's return with a question: can I touch it? “It” being the wound. “It" being everything, and at the same time always the wound. We can understand this suite of works by Alexander Tovborg as icons: repetitive, even formulaic. Their title is simply T, and it is from this T that I extrapolate THOMAS, careful not to add his usual moniker of Saint. But T is so short – a mere sound – and we need further enunciation to begin to speak about doubt. Alexander Tovborg (b. 1983, lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark) studied at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, Germany and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark. Painting, drawing, sculpture, and performance share equal space in Tovborg’s multidisciplinary practice that explores the roles that religion and mythology play in human identity. His work was presented in numerous institutions, including : Camden Arts Centre, London, UK; Grand Palais, Paris, France; ARoS, Aarhus, Denmark; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark; Museet for Religiøs Kunst, Lemvig, Denmark; Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark; Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany ; AKEN, Copenhagen, Denmark; Holstebro kunstmuseum, Holstebro, Denmark; KØS museum for kunst i det offentlige rum, Køge, Denmark; Spritmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden; Vejen Kunstmuseum, Vejen, Denmark; IMMA Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland; Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City, Mexico; Kunsthallen 44 Møen, Askeby, Denmark; Kunstmuseet Køge Skitsesamling, Køge, Denmark; Odsherred Kunstmuseum, Asnæs, Denmark; Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark; Hundige Kunsthal, Hundige, Denmark; Randers Kunstmusem, Randers, Denmark.