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★★★★ - Berlingske

The exhibition No Man Is an Island – The Satanic Verses presents works from the ARoS collection as well as a series of distinctive works on loan. The exhibition features carefully selected installations by a number of international artists. No Man Is an Island – The Satanic Verses may be seen as a follow-up to Out of the Darkness, which was the first exhibition curated by Erlend G. Høyersten, museum director.

Aspects highlighted include people’s right to differ, Europe on the move, and how our view of humanity and sets of values – as individuals and as groups – are being challenged. While these themes are directly reflected in the exhibition title, the latter also alludes to literature and Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, now a symbol of the clash between free thinking and orthodoxy.

The gallery and the artists

The scenography in the gallery has been toned down, allowing the individual work to unfold and to interact with other works. The exhibition will feature works by e.g. Ron Mueck, Tony Matelli, Bjørn Nørgaard, Andy Warhol, Shirin Neshat, Edward Kienholz, Rose Eken, and selected young artists, who have shown in the series ARoS FOCUS//NEW NORDIC during the past two years.

List of works

• Edward Kienholz (1927 – 1994), Sawdy nr. 46, 1971
• Gardar Eide Einarsson (1976), Untitled (Flagwaste), 2015
• E.B. Itso (1977), Clandestine Boat Cemetery, 2015
• Jani Leinonen (1978), Beggars’ Signs, 2009-2015
• Shirin Neshat (1957), Zarin, 2005 (20:30 min.)
• Elmgreen & Dragset (1961, 1969), Welcome, 2014
• Ron Mueck (1958), Boy, 1999
• Hanne Nielsen & Birgit Johnsen (1959, 1958), Camp Kitchen, 2014
• Rose Eken (1976), Tableau, 2015
• Bjørn Nørgaard (1947), Hesteofringen, 1970
• Tony Matelli (1971), Fucked (Couple), 2005
• Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987) Electric Chair, 1971
• Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987), Marilyn, 1964
• Leonard Rickhard (1945) Scene etter solnedgang, 2008-09
• Superflex, Bankrupt Banks, August 23, 2013, 2013
• Dolk (1979), Low Key, 2016
• Tracey Moffat, (1960), Revolution, 2008
• Nick Theobald (1986), Nothing Left to Offer, 2014
• Thorbjørn Lausten, (1945), Lysskulptur uden titel, 1985
• Gilbert & George (1943, 1942), Resting, 1991
• Wes Lang (1971), This Noble One, 2014 

The exhibition was conceived after an idea by Erlend G. Høyersten and is co-curated by Erik Nørager Pedersen and Pernille Taagaard Dinesen.