Plenge Jakobsens project is socio-critical in the sense that he examines and discusses political, economical, cultural and social structures forming the foundation of modern life.
Like the Situationists, he is interested in finding a meaningful art form capable of defining a place in the public space, while directly making use of everyday institutions.
Plenge Jakobsens installation stratagems are based on a more unrestrained, flexible arrangement in which the room is merely an arbitrary architectural frame rather than a meaningful collaborator.
[1] Recent solo exhibitions have included Eggjastokkur (2011) and Liten Skandinavisk Teori (2019) at NoPlace,[2] Oslo; Mainframe at Kunstverein für Die Rheinlande und Westfalen,[3] Düsseldorf in 2010; Manhattan Engineering District, FRAC Pays de la Loire,[4] Carquefou, France in 2007; J’Accuse, South London Gallery,[5] London, England in 2005 and Circus Portikus, Portikus,[6] Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 2003.
Henrik Plenge Jakobsen is represented by Galerie Patricia Dorfmann,[7] Paris, France.