LonelyFans
Kristiansand Kunsthall•Jun 13, 2026 — Aug 16, 2026
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A black metal fan lies on his back in a grassy field. His face is painted fiercely in black and white. But he is in no way threatening. His long black hair spreads out into the flowery meadow. In his hand he limply holds a smoking cigarette. This fan, outfitted with metal spikes and blackened eyes, is strangely vulnerable. Endre Aalrust’s paintings are full of these lonely characters. Although he does not conceive of his work in discrete conceptual projects, certain themes reappear consistently across his paintings: single male figures, sometimes with animals, often turning away from the viewer, or revealing themselves only obliquely. If they face us, their faces are covered with mud masks, painted with makeup, or equipped – one might also say adorned – with a variety of accoutrements: cucumbers to depuff swollen eyes; a WhatsApp filter of dog ears and nose; bright reflective sunglasses; a bandage on a nose bruised from rhinoplasty. These elements distance the figures from us and from…
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LonelyFans
Kristiansand Kunsthall•Jun 13, 2026 — Aug 16, 2026
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A black metal fan lies on his back in a grassy field. His face is painted fiercely in black and white. But he is in no way threatening. His long black hair spreads out into the flowery meadow. In his hand he limply holds a smoking cigarette. This fan, outfitted with metal spikes and blackened eyes, is strangely vulnerable. Endre Aalrust’s paintings are full of these lonely characters. Although he does not conceive of his work in discrete conceptual projects, certain themes reappear consistently across his paintings: single male figures, sometimes with animals, often turning away from the viewer, or revealing themselves only obliquely. If they face us, their faces are covered with mud masks, painted with makeup, or equipped – one might also say adorned – with a variety of accoutrements: cucumbers to depuff swollen eyes; a WhatsApp filter of dog ears and nose; bright reflective sunglasses; a bandage on a nose bruised from rhinoplasty. These elements distance the figures from us and from…
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