Morten Lassen
Overview
'My work is abstract and expressive, which means that I don't use sketches or other kinds of preparatory work before starting on a painting. My paintings develop as I am painting, and I work very spontaneously and intuitively.'
Morten Lassen is a Danish abstract painter, based in Copenhagen, who has exhibited extensively in the UK, Scandinavia, Germany and Australia. He works in series on several canvases at a time, building up layers of oil paint in subtle grids of variegated texture and colour.
'Often the work changes dramatically during the process of layering. It takes four to six months to finalize a group of paintings and during that time the work undergoes big colour changes. It is these change that build the painting, and it is only because of the journey that the works end where they end. I can't skip the journey.'
Lassen has paintings in many public and corporate collections including Danske Advokater; the Ministry of the Interior and Health; IBO, Herlev; Den Danske Bank, Haderslev and Ålborg Universitet.
Works
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Poem U, 2023
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Install Shot
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Poem T, 2023
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Vessel γ, 2023
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Vessels at Art Miami, 2023
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Vessel α, 2023
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In the studio
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Unspoken I, 2023
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In The Studio
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Vessel δ, 2023
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Vessel at Art Miami, 2023
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Vessel β, 2023
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Paper μ, 2023
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Install Shot
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Paper γ, 2023
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Beyond Words B, 2022
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Install Shot
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Beyond Words E, 2022
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Poem S, 2023
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Install Shot
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Poem Q, 2023
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Paper 1, 2024
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Paper 4, 2024
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Paper 6, 2024
Exhibitions
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Unspoken
Morten Lassen 2 - 30 September 2023 LondonThe Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery presents Unspoken, a new exhibition of works on canvas and paper by Danish abstract painter Morten Lassen. Unspoken exemplifies Lassen's unique, process-driven approach to painting....Read more -
Mindscapes
Morten Lassen 3 October - 7 November 2020 LondonDanish abstract artist, Morten Lassen at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London.Read more -
Limbo
Morten Lassen 31 May - 30 June 2018 LondonInside an exhibition of works by Danish abstract painter Morten Lassen at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London.Read more -
Integrated
Morten Lassen, NYC 1 June - 2 July 2017In his latest series of paintings, Danish artist Morten Lassen explores the interplay between the digital and the natural worlds. Through over thirty layers of oil and aerated paint, he...Read more -
Interference
Morten Lassen 1 June - 2 July 2016 LondonIn his latest collection, Interference, Danish painter Morten Lassen continues to explore the interplay between the digital and the natural worlds. Yet rather than suggesting tension at their point of...Read more -
Tracked
Morten Lassen, NYC 8 September - 6 October 2015'My paintings can be seen as an abstract expression of the chaos inherent in both physical and digital tracks, as well as a snapshot of the air which surrounds us.'...Read more -
Surrounded
Morten Lassen 8 October - 1 November 2014 LondonThe Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery presents a vibrant portfolio of Danish-born Morten Lassen’s abstract canvases. The Copenhagen-based artist’s creations are characterized by an expressive immediacy that results from his working...Read more -
A New World
Morten Lassen, NYC 7 - 31 March 2013With his new series of abstract paintings, Morten Lassen is striving to bring together our natural world with our digital world. These two worlds have been steadily merging into one,...Read more
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