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13/9/2006

Two Shows

Mogadishni Cph, Copenhagen

Julie Nord. Elsewhere.

MOGADISHNI CPH is proud to present the solo exhibition „ELSEWHERE“ by Danish artist Julie Nord. The exhibition consists of entirely new works, partly Nord’s well-known, accurately composed and detailed black/white drawings in great scale, partly a number of coloured works, which are done more “loosely" with watercolour. On top of this are a number of works, which place themselves between the precise and the casual, the spontaneous and the constructed, the drawn and the painted. Finally a black/white flash film with “transformation drawings" in movement will be presented.

The works can be experienced individually but can also be seen in continuation of each other as condensations of absurd and pent-up stories filled with omens and premonitions. Certain characters, patterns or background details are repeated - with smaller modifications - in each drawing and in this way the works seem to merge into one another.

In total the drawings constitute a massive “else-where" - ´populated’ by Dalmatatian-girls, Siamese robins, deformed silhouette children, black smiley flowers, melted helicopters and blue squirrels. The real space, with which we are familiar, is being erased and replaced by a dreamy universe with its own sense of logic and deep roots in the mysterious ‘twilight zone’ between the innocent play of childhood and the seriousness of adulthood. In Nord’s universe the well known and the un-known is turned upside down and suddenly single-family houses, flowers, garden birds, smoke from chimneys and light bulbs appear grotesque and menacing. Nord makes no secret of the fact that her basis of inspiration comes from film stills and horror movies. In her works the outrageous, the dystopic and the alarming are with complete naturalness merged into the well-known, the beautiful and the aesthetic.

Julie Nord also gets her inspiration from the universe of Victorian children’s books in which gloom and anxiety are amalgamated. This idiom is, however, updated by Julie Nord who adds ‘elements’ from contemporary culture such as gothic horror, cartoon aesthetics, tattoo art and abstract Rorschach patterns. In the works by Julie Nord different worlds collide in a sweet iconography spiced up with the brutal and the humorous.

On September 14th MOGADISHNI CPH is also proud to present two brand new catalogue releases. One is TRINE BOESEN’s catalogue "Trine Boesen Paintings", which contains works from 2004-2006, text by Kirse Junge-Stevnsborg, manager of “Dunkers Kulturhus" and a conversation between Trine Boesen and Uta Grosenick. The other release is a catalogue by BENNY DROSCHER, which presents works from recent years along with a text by Cecilie Hogsbro and eleven new poems by the author Claus Hoeck.

MOGADISHNI CPH welcomes everyone in the gallery and to the joined “grand opening" of the entire Valby gallery area, which mid-September consists of no less than five galleries. The event begins at 4 pm with opening speeches by Bente Scavenius, journalist at “Borsen", Christian Gether, manager of “Arken", Museum of contemporary art and Minister of Cultural Affairs Brian Mikkelsen. The evening ends with a party at "Venners Hjem", Carl Jacobsens Vej from 8 pm!

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Simon Keenleyside. Endless coulored days.

MOGADISHNI CPH is proud to present the solo exhibition „ENDLESS COLOURED DAYS“ by the British artist Simon Keenleyside. The exhibition consists of brand new paintings inspired by the landscape around Essex where the artist grew up and currently lives with his family. The works are thus “coloured" by a nostalgic keynote but due to the vehemently psychedelic, unsentimental palette of Keenleyside they never seem melancholic. The landscapes depicted are most often the marginal sites on the periphery of suburban culture, which for decades have functioned as refuge and ‘playground’ for the children from the outlying districts. Filled with historical remaining effects in the form of bunkers from the Second World War and abandoned warehouses the places have a lot of atmosphere and stimulate the imagination.

By returning to the woodlands and marshlands of his youth Keenleyside allows past and present to merge into on the one hand a subdued and contemplative space and on the other an out-of-control and unruly picturesque space. The strange beauty of the deserted landscapes is not only exquisite and seductive but also contains elements of anxiety and desire. Apart from the layers of references the works thus bears the impress of strong, psychological suggestive levels. It is almost impossible to escape from an atmosphere of secrets and mystery.

Keenleyside often works on several paintings at once, resulting in a kind of cross-pollination in which colour or scrapes of excess paint is transferred from one canvas to another. This technical freedom stresses the same kind of unrestrained-ness that can be found in the motives themselves. The romantic, imaginative settings which unite the artist’s colourful, vivid recollections with both art historical references to British landscape painting and contemporary music culture and children’s literature entice the viewer in a magical way and create a space filled with colour to get lost in or flee into. Keenleyside’s impasto way of painting makes the sceneries highly present. The texture becomes a landscape - and matter and motive become one.

Keenleyside creates an artistic universe, which is both recognizable and unreal - a fascinating landscape for reflection. The painted territories are perhaps absurd, dark and cosmic - but always appealing.

On September 14th MOGADISHNI CPH is also proud to present two brand new catalogue releases. One is TRINE BOESEN’s catalogue "Trine Boesen Paintings", which contains works from 2004-2006, text by Kirse Junge-Stevnsborg, manager of “Dunkers Kulturhus" and a conversation between Trine Boesen and Uta Grosenick. The other release is a catalogue by BENNY DROSCHER, which presents works from recent years along with a text by Cecilie Hogsbro and eleven new poems by the author Claus Hoeck.

MOGADISHNI CPH welcomes everyone in the gallery and to the joined “grand opening" of the entire Valby gallery area which mid-September consists of no less than five galleries. The event begins at 4 pm with opening speeches by Bente Scavenius, journalist at “Borsen", Christian Gether, manager of “Arken" and Minister of Cultural Affairs Brian Mikkelsen. The evening ends with a party at "Venners Hjem", Carl Jacobsens Vej from 8 pm!

Opening: 14 September 2006

Mogadishni
Carl Jacobsens Vej 16 - Copenhagen
Opening hours Tuesday -­ Friday 11 AM-5 PM Saturday 12-3 PM

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