The compositions balance control and spontaneity and draw on an iconoclastic approach, in which recognizable forms are destabilized and displaced. Paaskesen insists on allowing the painting to remain unfinished and vulnerable—a living and sensuous space where images can simultaneously emerge and dissolve. It is a deliberate practice grounded in a constant tension between intuition and deliberation, where immediacy and resistance, fallibility and control, are all integrated into the process of making the work.

Martin Paaskesen (b. 1987, DK) lives and works in Møn, Denmark. He holds an MA from the Danish National School of Performing Arts (2016). He has recently exhibited at Valerius Gallery (Luxembourg, Luxembourg), Galeria Fran Reus (Palma, Spain), Estampa Contemporary Art Fair (Madrid, Spain), Annika Nuttall Gallery (Aarhus, Denmark), Escat Gallery (Barcelona, Spain) and Mott Projects (New York, USA). In October he is part of a collectors exhibition at Heart – Museum of Contemporary Art (Herning, Denmark).