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Carpintaria is pleased to announce Sergej Jensen's third solo exhibition in Brazil. Seven years after his last show at Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, the Danish artist presents a new body of work, which restates his interest in using textiles as a starting point in his painterly practice, initiated in the early 2000s.
Jensen subverts the traditional painting vocabulary by employing textiles such as linen, burlap and silk as support in his pieces. Moreover, the artist appropriates all kinds of textiles, and explores the contrast between high and low quality materials, whistle deconstructing …