Henrik Olai Kaarstein presents in the exhibition "In Insincerity" new paper collages staged within a sculptural scenography. The works are rooted in a dialogue with fragments of historical references, bridging the fragile materiality of paper sketches with reflections on sincerity and taste.
Kaarstein’s practice is consistently shaped by an attraction to camp, understood not as parody but as a generative aesthetic. His works question the boundaries of taste, the relation between beauty and prettiness, and the collision between private intimacy and cultural cliché. Through sculptural and painterly gestures, everyday objects and images are transformed, elevated, and sometimes deliberately overstated, becoming something both sincere and excessive.