Mischa Pavlovski Andresen, Palantír. Installation view. Photo: Jan Søndergaard.

Press release, October 2019

V1 Gallery presents:

Palantír – A solo exhibition by Mischa Pavlovski Andresen

Gaze into the palantír, an ancient artefact from the world of adventure literature and you might be able to see and communicate with parts of the world in the distant past, present or future.

Enter Mischa Pavlovski Andresen’s magical pictorial universe in the exhibition Palantír. It feels familiar, yet at the same time uncannily displaced. Present, future and past united in works that dreamingly exist with a rare immediacy. In works on paper and canvas, Pavlovski unfolds a joy in nature, things that grow, the fish on the table, the wine in the jug, and the sun’s path across the sky.

Mischa Pavlovski Andresen, Palantír. Installation view. Photo: Jan Søndergaard.

A lonely nude wanderer, portrayed with cave painting-like line work, appear in several works, picking peaches, seated under a tree with his spear and knife in the ground by the trunk, a perplexed and wary eye on the beholder, or dinning alone, bottle in hand. He is a mysterious character that exudes a naïve and complex attitude and energy, both melancholic, meditative, fragile and content with being. He is unworldly in our world, but at home in his. A metaphysical, artistic metaphor for a feeling experienced by many today, but expressed by few. Pavlovski’s brush and pencil work is embedded with art theoretical references, he carries this legacy with a refreshing lightness, picking the right instrument from the art historical tool box, in order to do the job the image commands. He puts intuition and sentiment before all else in his work. Palantír offers new optics, free and tactilely psychedelic.

Mischa Pavlovski Andresen, Palantír. Installation view. Photo: Jan Søndergaard.

Mischa Pavlovski Andresen (b. 1990, DK) lives and works in Copenhagen. Pavlovski is a multifaceted créateur, working within visual arts and various musical genres, performing in diverse musical outfits and creating otherworldly electronic compositions under his own name. Palantír is Pavlovski’s first solo.

Opening reception: Friday October 25, from 5pm-9pm.
Exhibition period: October 26 - November 23, 2019.