STILL LIFE 30/5 28/6 2014

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1 STILL LIFE Paul Wackers, Erik A. Frandsen, Lykke Andersen Louise Hindsgavl, Anne Sofie Meldgaard Trine Søndergaard, Andreas Schulenburg Christian Lemmerz, Mike Swaney 30/5 28/6 2014

2 Charlotte Fogh Gallery har den store glæde at præsentere årets sommerudstilling, Still Life, der sætter fokus på et af de mest klassiske temaer inden for billedkunst. Genren knytter sig til barokkens Still Life maleri fra omkring 1700-tallet, men er også i dag højaktuel med kunstnere som Michael Swaney, Louise Hindsgavl, Paul Wackers, Andreas Schulenburg, Trine Søndergaard, Christian Lemmerz, Erik A Frandsen, Lykke Andersen og Anne Sofie Meldgaard. Barokkens Still Life-maleri anvendte hverdagsobjekter som f.eks. frugt, blomster, nedlagt vildt og stearinlys som allegoriske symboler med stærke moraliserende undertoner. Siden er Still Life-genren blevet gentaget i et væld af forskellige stilarter som f.eks. Picassos collager med objekter fra hverdagen eller Andy Warhols ready-mades af masseproducerede varer til Claes Oldenburgs pop-art skulpturer. I samtidskunsten ses sporene fra de tidligere Still Lifes i den velkendte motivverden, men med en overvejende materiel undersøgelse af stilartens muligheder, som åbner op for flere betydningslag end blot at fungere som en reference til barokkens maleri. Et stærkt symbol i Still Life genren er f.eks. vanitas symbolet, der peger på menneskets dødelighed og altings forgængelighed, og som bl.a. er symboliseret ved visnende blomster, råddent kød eller menneskekraniet. I samtidskunsten optræder kranier i alle afskygninger lige fra tatoveringskunst til Damien Hirsts diamantbesatte kranier eller Christian Lemmerz direkte bronzeafstøbninger. Still Life udstillingen hos Charlotte Fogh Gallery kan derfor præsentere værker, der ligger i forlængelse af genrens traditionsrige billedunivers, men som netop behandler traditionen under indflydelse af samtidens billeder og materialer. Det er et billedunivers der foruden maleriet kan gengives i mange forskelligartede medier og materialer som Andreas Schulenburgs frugter i filt, Louise Hindsgavls abstrakte keramiktableauer, Erik A Frandsens relieffer med aftryk af Still Life, Lykke Andersens jagttableauer eller Trine Søndergaards Vermeer-inspirerede fotografier af kvindenakker og igennem samtidskunstens blik, at få et større mentalt rum at udfolde sig i. Modsat barokkens løftede pegefingre og endegyldig moraler, åbner udstillingens værker tvært imod for nye fortolkningsmuligheder. Ved at anvende medier som fotografiet, skulpturen eller vægrelieffet stilles der skarpt på Still Life genrens billedunivers med nye perspektiver og fortællinger, hvor der opleves et fravær af mennesket, men stadig peges på menneskelig eksistens, spor og relationer. Charlotte Fogh Gallery have the great pleasure to present the annual summer exhibition, Still Life, which focuses on one of the most classic themes in art. The genre associated with the Baroque Still Life painting from around 1700, but is now highly topical with artists such as Michael Swaney, Louise Hindsgavl, Paul Wackers, Andreas Schulenburg, Trine Søndergaard, Christian Lemmerz, Erik A Frandsen, Lykke Andersen and Anne Sofie Meldgaard. Baroque Still Life painting used everyday objects such as fruit, flowers, wild game, raw meat and candles as allegorical symbols with strong moralistic overtones. Since then, Still Life genre was repeated in a multitude of different styles such as Picasso s collages with objects from everyday life or Andy Warhol s ready-mades of mass-produced goods to Claes Oldenburg s pop art sculptures. In contemporary art, traces of the previous Still Life can be found in the well-known motifs, but with a predominantly substantive examination of Style opportunities that opens up more layers of meaning than simply act as a reference to Baroque painting. A powerful symbol of the Still Life genre is for example the vanitas symbol that points to human mortality and impermanence of all things, and in particular is symbolized by wilting flowers, rotten meat or human skulls. In contemporary art, skulls appear in all shades, from tattoo art to Damien Hirst s diamond-encrusted skulls or Christian Lemmerz directly bronze casts. The Still Life exhibition at Charlotte Fogh Gallery can therefore present works that are an extension of the genre s traditional pictorial universe, but deals with the tradition under the influence of contemporary images and materials. It is a pictorial universe, that besides painting can be represented in many different media and materials as Andreas Schulenburg fruits of felt, Louise Hindsgavl abstract ceramic tableaus, Erik A Frandsen reliefs with imprints of Still Life, Lykke Andersens wild game tableaus or Trine Søndergaard Vermeer-inspired photographs of women s necks, and through the gaze of contemporary art, achieve a larger mental space to unfold in. Unlike the baroque finger-wagging and definitive morals, the works opens contrary to new interpretations. By using media such as photography, sculpture or wall reliefs, the focus remains on the Still Life genre s pictorial universe with new perspectives and stories, which experiences an absence of man, but still points to human existence, tracks and relationships.

3 Paul Wackers Bright Spot x 49 cm Acrylic on panel DKK / EUR Paul Wackers The Way It Goes x 122 cm Acrylic and spray on panel DKK / EUR

4 Paul Wackers Another Thought x 80 cm Acrylic and spraypaint on wood DKK / EUR Erik A. Frandsen Spejl (mirror) x 50 cm Painted aluminium relief DKK / EUR

5 Lykke Andersen Gennem Skoven #3 (through the forest) ed x 153,5 cm Laminated lambda-print, framed DKK / EUR Lykke Andersen Gennem Skoven # 3 (through the forest) ed x 153,5 cm Laminated lambda-print, framed DKK / EUR

6 Louise Hindsgavl Stilleben med Varianter af Blødt ( still life with variations of soft ) x 135 x 25cm Porcelain and texstiles DKK / EUR Anne Sofie Meldgaard New Age x 130 cm Oil on canvas DKK / EUR

7 Anne Sofie Meldgaard La Laque x 36 cm, framed Varnish on paper DKK / 670 EUR Anne Sofie Meldgaard Lots of Prizes x 36 cm, framed Varnish on paper DKK / 670 EUR

8 Trine Søndergaard Guldnakke#8 (golden neck) ed x 150 cm framed with museum glass Archival pigment print DKK / EUR Andreas Schulenburg Platte (the day after 9/11) x 8 cm Felt sculpture DKK / EUR

9 Andreas Schulenburg Citron med citronbåd oven på (lemon with lemon slice) x 18 cm Felt sculpture DKK / EUR Andreas Schulenburg Stor tomat skive med stor grøn cherry (Tomato slice with green cherry) x 14 cm Felt sculpture 10,000 DKK / EUR

10 Andreas Schulenburg Grisehoved ( pigs head ) x 12 cm Ceramics DKK / EUR Andreas Schulenborg Griserøv ( pigs ass ) x.20 cm Ceramics DKK / EUR

11 Christian Lemmerz Double Skulls 39 x 16 x 19 cm Patinated bronze DKK / EUR Christian Lemmerz Suicide Terroist (foot) 29 x 29 x 14 cm Patinated bronze DKK EUR

12 Mike Swaney Big Vase, Rick Ross, I m a Boss x 114 cm Acrylic, pen and fridge magnets on fabric / EUR Exhibition view

13 Charlotte Fogh Gallery Mejlgade 18B 8000 Arhus C Denmark cf@charlottefogh.dk Opening hours Tuesday Friday Saturday And by appointment Exhibition view