Marianne Jorgensen
dal 11/4/2013 al 18/5/2013
Segnalato da
11/4/2013
Marianne Jorgensen
Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
Entropia. The focal points of the exhibition are the outskirts and urbanity, as well as lifestyle patterns and a connection to one's surroundings and Earth.
It is with great pleasure that we present a comprehensive solo exhibition by artist Marianne Jørgensen
- an exhibition where nature sprouts inside and the art crawls under your skin.
The focal points of the exhibition ENTROPIA are the outskirts and urbanity, as well as lifestyle patterns and a connection to one's surroundings and Earth. Through ground explosions, dream holes, miniature models of society, video installations and sound, Marianne Jørgensen addresses a number of issues related to urban planning, neighbourhood, housings and also how and why we organize ourselves the way we do.
The exhibition is based on both earlier and new works. In particular Marianne Jørgensen deals with ”a work in progress” and procedural works, which spans over a number of years and therefore neither can nor should be considered completed works. Since 1997, she has worked on several projects locally rooted in a field territory in Viby near her own residence. Among these are the projects love alley and Aw! both of which are presented at the exhibition in an updated context as models and video works.
Interdisciplinarity and inclusion are both characteristics of Marianne Jørgensen's works. She invites artists, architects, researchers, sound designers and writers to participate and respond to her works. This way her projects become very personal and collective at the same time. In addition to being an artist she is equally a vigorous and forceful entrepreneur in her practice. Motivated by ideology and indignation she encourages reflection on the changes caused by the rapidly evolving urbanism.
The exhibition's newly produced work entitled From order to chaos/ENTROPIA is a multi-storey organic construction, vegetated by peat moss and specific grasses of the heaths of Jutland. The audience will be walking among plantation and up staircase systems to the roof construction and the skylight.
The project love alley was developed in an old field as a comment on the speed and efficiency that affects municipal decisions and economic interests from investors. The project involved 41 people all contributing to an artistic, architectural and ecological study and making suggestions for the creation of an inclusive community. The words love alley were printed into the ground, blasted with dynamite and ultimately paved so they formed a road, winding between the various contributions. In August 2011 love alley had to make way for a new sports facility and a residential building. The project is documented in the exhibition by models and video works. The Roadmovie Nostalgia 2/The Trojan Horse reveals a naïve looking horse with the camera attached to the center of its forehead combined with life behind the curtains in the newly built homes.
The project Aw! is based on the concept "das unheimliche", meaning “the uncanny” or “the un-homely”. 25 artists and architects have been invited to participate with sculptural and textual elements that had to relate to ”das unheimliche” in the debate about accommodation facilities and home equity. Marianne Jørgensen sent her restrictions to all participating artists giving them the precisely defined objectives for the sculptures. In the exhibition this project is displayed as a model and with the intention of displaying it in its full size and form in 2017.
The work Drømmehul 1-5 is an example of a more personal work and can be described as sculptures buried in the ground with the use of a spade, shovel and kitchen utensils. The holes are documented with photograph, video and casts.
Based on the exhibition, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art will host a seminar, debating lifestyles and different accommodations. The seminar will take place on the 25th of April, from 16-18 o'clock. Please visit our website for further information.
Marianne Jørgensen (b. 1959) studied at The Jutland Art Academy in 1981-85 and works with installations, sculpture, architecture, video and photography. Since 1997 she has worked outside the frame of the art institution and has consistently tried to push the boundaries of the sculpture media, often drawing inspiration from land art by using natural material such as plants, soil and grass. Jørgensen is preoccupied with the concrete and mundane confronted with current political affairs in the world's focal points, but always from a conceptual approach.
She has exhibited both internationally and nationally in Århus Centre for Contemporary Art, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Centre and most recently at Skulpturi with the exhibition Topos.
For more information please contact Press Coordinator Kit Leunbach at kl@denfrie.dk or +45 23 32 68 70
Opening: 12 April 2013 from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art
Oslo Plads 1 - Copenhagen
Opening Hours: Monday 12-17
Tuesday-Friday 12-17
Thursday 12-21
Saturday-Sunday 10-17
Admission: Adults 45, Concessions 25