HAGD Contemporary
Aalborg
HAGD Contemporary is an art gallery located in Aalborg, Denmark, established in 2023.
HAGD Contemporary exhibits and represents artists from the near and the far, working with clients and collectors, both locally and around the world. The gallery continuously strives to work with and promote highly collectable and talented artists. New and fresh, mid-career and established; HAGD Contemporary endorse it all.
Featured artists
Henrik Godsk
Danish artist Henrik Godsk is known for his geometric portraits of androgynous human figures that
seem both familiar and enigmatic. According to the artist himself, “they come from the future, but also lived in the past”. Some have described them as robots, he looks upon them as “very human”.
Henrik Godsk is a seventh-generation traveller. He began painting when he was only seven years old as an apprentice under his grandfather and father, renovating fairground facades. As a teen, he discovered the works of modernists like Modigliani and Picasso and began painting on canvas. The influence of art history has been present in his work ever since.
Besides nods to early Modernism, particularly Cubism, there are also references to the church murals of the Middle Ages as well as Renaissance and Baroque portraiture. The aesthetics of the fair are also very present. Sometimes he references the geometrical patterns and color schemes of the fairground facades directly. This fusion of high and folkloric art creates a pictorial universe that is unique and personal.
Henrik Godsk lives and works in Northern Jutland, Denmark. He holds an MA in art and literature from Aalborg University. He is a member of the Danish Association of Visual Artists and has received support from the Danish Arts Foundation. His work is represented in several prominent public and private collections.
Henrik Godsk, portrait. Courtesy of the gallery and the artist.
Henrik Godsk. Courtesy of the gallery and the artist.
Henrik Godsk. Courtesy of the gallery and the artist.
Henrik Godsk. Courtesy of the gallery and the artist.
