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Henrik Godsk, 'Vilhelmine', 2024, Oil on canvas, 180 x 120 cm, 70 7/8 x 47 1/4 inches (V07813)
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Henrik Godsk, 'Before the Lights Are Turned On', 2024, Oil on canvas, 110 x 150 cm, 43 1/4 x 59 inches
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Henrik Godsk, 'Spinning Wheel', 2024, Oil on paper, 60 x 42 cm, 23 5/8 x 16 1/2 inches (V07814)
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Henrik Godsk, 'Traveller With a Yellow Tie', 2023, Oil on canvas, 70 x 55 cm, 27 1/2 x 21 5/8 inches (V07772)
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Henrik Godsk, 'Carousel', 2023, Oil on canvas, 180 x 120 cm, 70 7/8 x 47 1/4 inches, (V07769)
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Henrik Godsk, 'Wheel of Fortune', 2024, Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm, 31 1/2 x 23 5/8 inches, (V07771)
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Henrik Godsk, 'Traveller’s Journal', 2024, Oil on paper, 60 x 42 cm (V07815)
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Henrik Godsk, 'Grace', 2024, Oil on canvas, 120 x 80 cm, 47 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches (V07812)
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Henrik Godsk, 'Summer by the Sea', 2024, Oil on canvas, 180 x 120 cm (V07770)
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Henrik Godsk (b. 1975, Hjørring) is of seventh generation travelling heritage, having grown up among the world of his family’s funfair in Denmark and Norway. His practice reflects pride in his upbringing and cultural identity, fusing folkloric and high art, using portraits and ‘creatures’ as vessels for his exploration of colour and form. The androgynous and striking...
Vigo is proud to announce Traveller's Journal, our second solo show with Henrik Godsk, the first at Mason’s Yard following on from his exhibition last year at Wellington Arch in association with English Heritage. Godsk is of seventh-generation Traveller heritage, his practice reflecting his pride in his upbringing and cultural identity growing up in the world of the itinerant Fun Fair. His paintings fuse folkloric and high art, with his portrait subjects essentially acting as vessels for his exploration of colour and form. The formal components of his practice are inseparable from time spent as a child painting the panels...