Two exhibitions
dal 24/5/2013 al 10/8/2013
Segnalato da
24/5/2013
Two exhibitions
Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Simon Evans and Oyvind Fahlstrom present the exhibition 'First we make the rules'. The two artists, each in their own way, treat cartography as a visual material and explore the mapping of the world. Afgang 2013: this year there are 36 graduating students, presenting works that cross the boundaries of the visual media and artistic genres: from video, painting and performance to novels and opera.
Afgang 2013
South Galleries and Upper and Lower foyer, The Mezzanine and Danish National Art Library
Kunsthal Charlottenborg and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts’ Schools of Visual Arts take great pleasure in presenting the MFA Degree Show 2013, which distinguishes itself by being the first exhibition to be created in co-operation between the merged institutions.
A degree show can be seen as a presentation of the latest talents within the world of visual arts, but should equally be regarded as a look back at the educational and developmental process that has preceded the exhibition.
This year there are 36 graduating students, presenting works that cross the boundaries of the visual media and artistic genres: from video, painting and performance to novels and opera. At the exhibition, an increased focus on the more silent processes of cognition can be detected: on biology, systems, on ritual, craftsmanship and materials.
The students graduating in 2013 are: Nanna Abell, Kristian Byskov, Carsten Crone Caroc, Julie Damkjær, Malte Fisker, Ester Fleckner, Signe Frederiksen, Katrine Würtz Hansen, Kasper Hesselbjerg, Sisse Holmberg, Sofie Holten, Casper Koch Hughes, Thomas Hyttel, Janus Høm, Kristina S. Jakobsen, Søren Aagaard Jensen, Signe Kjølner, Misja Thirslund Krenchel & Thomas Elsted (guest), Brian Kure, Peter Larsen, Mette Nisgaard Larsen, Johanne Skovbo Lasgaard, Mads Lindberg, Birgitte Martinsen, Cecilie Beck Kronborg Morris, Signe Schmidt Petersen, Andreas Rasmussen, David Hilmer Rex, Camilla Reyman, Louise Rosendal, Farid Salti, Ida Marie Settergren, Vladas Suncovas, Anders Hvam Waagø, Joanne Pang Rui Yun and Kirstine Aarkrog.
The exhibition is accompanied by a guide presenting the artists, works and performances, and a catalogue in the form of a collection of texts.
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Simon Evans & Öyvind Fahlström
First we make the rules, then we break the rules
It is with great pleasure that Charlottenborg presents the exhibition First we make the rules, then we break the rules, with works by Simon Evans and Öyvind Fahlström.
The two artists represent two different generations, and two unique artistic positions, which each in their own way treat cartography as a visual material and explore the mapping of the world.
Öyvind Fahlström (1928-1976) was to an equal degree a pop and conceptual artist. His conceptual use of information, in combination with a pop culture visual language and a global perspective, makes his work particularly relevant to a younger generation of artists. Fahlström’s detailed drawings, prints and sculptural objects are formally based on the graphic universe of the comic-book, and examine and analyse the political situations of his own time. Fahlström is the quintessential globally-oriented artist, who established a political critique through mapping, sculptural installations and board games.
Simon Evans (1972) takes his starting-point in his own life and a personal perspective, from which he creates detailed collages of written and drawn impressions and fragments of notebooks. Evans assembles these fragments, drawings, words, receipts, serviettes and other waste materials into, for example, dense, taped-together maps, the surface of which is reminiscent of wax or skin. Through his psycho-geographical maps, Evans tells a number of everyday human stories of urban life in the Western world.
The title of the exhibition, First we make the rules, then we break the rules, refers to the work of both artists in classification and structuring, by building up maps and systems, while at the same time undermining, altering and dissolving them.
The exhibition is curated by Elodie Evers and Magdalena Holzhey of Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, and is accompanied by a catalogue.
Thanks to: Sharon Avery-Fahlström, Simon Evans & Sarah Evans, and Kunsthalle Düsseldorf.
Image: Simon Evans, Symptoms of Loneliness, 2009. Kuglepen, papir, tape og rettelak. Photo: Andrea and José Olympio Collection
Head of Communication
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Wednesday 11-20
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Admission:
Adults: 60 kr, Students/Seniors: 40 kr
Children under 16 years free
Admission free Wednesday after 5pm