★★★★★★ - Kristeligt Dagblad
★★★★ - Århus Stiftstidende
★★★★ - Jyllands-Posten
Overall, the exhibition showcases the aestheticizing tendency evident in many Danish artists over the course of the last fifteen years. At the same time the exhibition wishes to demonstrate the great diversity of their work, partly in their choice of materials and media, but also in the themes selected. For even though an overall aesthetic tendency seems to dominate the Danish art scene, the alluring exteriors of the art often hide surprisingly subversive, conceptual or critical content seething beneath the surface.
A diverse art scene unfolded
Embracing a range of different media and artistic approaches, the works of art featured in this exhibition reflect a complex world full of change, conflict and crises. In terms of subject matter they address widely different themes: from occultism, post-human thinking, social debates and science to psychology, all while drawing inspiration from other parts of the world, from older art movements such as Minimalism, Surrealism and conceptual art, but also from the visual vocabulary associated with a long-established Danish design tradition. In terms of the content and themes presented, the exhibition will paint a nuanced picture of Danish art, demonstrating its sheer range and how artists are not just interested in form and aesthetics, but equally in contemporary social and societal issues
1 / 5 Installationsfoto, Cool, Calm and Collected. Foto: Anders Sune Berg.
Film and performance programme
The exhibition includes a film programme screened in the cinema on level 3, featuring films by Jesper Just, Søren Thilo Funder, Amalie Smith, Simon Dybbroe Møller and Nanna Debois Buhl. The show also encompasses a performance programme featuring performances by Sophie Dupont, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen and Jeanette Ehlers and the performance installation Justified Beliefs by Christian Falsnaes, which makes the visitors the main protagonists of the piece.
Artists
A Kassen / Alexander Tovborg / Amalie Smith / Christian Falsnaes / Danh Vō / Ebbe Stub Wittrup / Elmgreen & Dragset / FOS / Hesselholdt & Mejlvang / Jakob Kolding / Jeannette Ehlers / Jens Haaning / Jeppe Hein / Jesper Just / Jette Hye Jin Mortensen / John Korner / Kirstine Roepstorff / Lea Guldditte Hestelund / Lea Porsager / Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen / Maiken Bent /Marie Søndergaard Lolk / Mette Winckelmann / Mikkel Carl / Mille Kalsmose / Morten Søndergaard / Nanna Abell / Nanna Debois Buhl / Nicolai Howalt / Nina Beier / Olafur Eliasson / Pernille Kapper Williams / Peter Land / Rikke Benborg / Ruth Campau / Sergej Jensen / Simon Dybbroe Moller / Sophie Dupont / Sophia Kalkau / SUPERFLEX / Søren Thilo Funder / Tal R / Torben Ribe / Tove Storch / Trine Søndergaard / Troels Sandegård / Tue Greenfort
Thanks to
Spar Nord Fonden
Statens Kunstfond
Bikubenfonden
Stibo-Fonden
Oticon Fonden
Politiken-Fonden