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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Paper 6, 2024
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Paper 3, 2024
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Paper 2, 2024
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Paper 1, 2024
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Unspoken L, 2023
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Unspoken M, 2023
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Unspoken N, 2023
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Paper 23, 2023
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Paper 24, 2023
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Paper 25, 2023
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Paper 26, 2023
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Paper 27, 2023
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Paper 28, 2023
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Paper 18, 2023
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Paper 21, 2023
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Paper 19, 2023
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Paper 22, 2023
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Paper 32, 2023
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Paper 33, 2023
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Paper 34, 2023
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Paper 35, 2023
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Paper 37, 2023
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Paper 38, 2023
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Paper 57, 2023
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Paper 59 , 2023
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Paper 60 , 2023
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Paper 61 , 2023
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Paper 62 , 2023
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Paper 63 , 2023
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Paper 64 , 2023
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Paper 65 , 2023
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Paper 66 , 2023
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Paper 67 , 2023
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Paper 68 , 2023
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Paper 42, 2023
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Paper 43, 2023
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Unspoken U, 2023
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Paper 49, 2023
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Paper 50, 2023
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Paper 51, 2023
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Paper 52, 2023
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Paper 53, 2023
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Paper 54, 2023
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Paper 55, 2023
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Paper 56, 2023
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Poem P , 2023
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Poem O, 2023
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Poem Q, 2023
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Poem R, 2023
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Poem S, 2023
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Unspoken I, 2023
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Poem T, 2023
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Poem U, 2023
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Paper α, 2023
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Paper β, 2023
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Paper γ, 2023
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Paper δ, 2023
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Paper ε, 2023
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Paper ζ, 2023
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Paper η, 2023
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Paper θ, 2023
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Paper ι, 2023
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Paper κ, 2023
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Paper λ, 2023
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Paper μ, 2023
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Paper ν, 2023
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Paper ξ, 2023
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Paper 99, 2022
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Irreversible Y, 2022
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Complex Æ, 2022
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Paper 19, 2022
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Paper 22, 2022
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Paper 38, 2022
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Paper 40, 2022
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Paper 34, 2022
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Paper 31, 2022
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Between the lines R, 2022
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Paper 56, 2022
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Mind Map N, 2022
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Paper 81, 2022
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Beyond Words H, 2022
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Beyond Words I, 2022
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Beyond Words A, 2022
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Beyond Words B, 2022
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Beyond Words E, 2022
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Beyond Words D, 2022
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Paper 39, 2022
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Paper 82, 2022
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Beyond Words F, 2022
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Paper 24, 2021
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Paper 26, 2021
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Paper 78, 2021
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Untitled, 2021
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21, 2020
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Irreversible Z, 2020
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Mindscape D, 2020
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In Sync K, 2019
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Paper 30, 2019
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In sync N, 2019
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In Sync E, 2019
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Paper 59, 2019
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Paper 65, 2019
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Paper 5, 2019
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Paper 6, 2019
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Paper 34, 2019
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Paper 61, 2019
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Paper 62, 2019
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Paper 64, 2019
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Paper 71, 2019
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Paper 67, 2019
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Paper 69, 2019
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Paper 70, 2019
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Paper 7, 2018
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Paper 42, 2018
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Paper 46, 2018
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Paper 84, 2018
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Paper 8, 2018
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Paper 68, 2018
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Surrounded A, 2015
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Surrounded D, 2015
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In the Air D, 2014
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In the Air B, 2014
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Linked, 2010
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Untitled 2, 2009
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Information 2, 2008
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Inline 4, 2008
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 -
Silver: 25th Anniversary Exhibition
Group Show 3 December 2013 - 11 January 2014 LondonThe Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery opened in Fitzrovia, Central London, twenty-five years ago. Since 1988 it has grown to become one of the most innovative and respected galleries in the...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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