KATJA BJØRN. The Source. 10. januar 8. februar

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1 KATJA BJØRN The Source 10. januar 8. februar

2 Charlotte Fogh Gallery har den store glæde at præsentere Katja Bjørns soloudstilling The Source. Udstillingen er kunstnerens anden soloudstilling i galleriet og viser en nyproduceret videoinstallation, skulpturer og fotografier, der alle handler om transformation - om forvandling fra en tilstand til en anden. Udstillingens centrale omdrejningspunkt er kilden Rauôamelslaug på Snæfellsnes i Island. I en stor omfattende videoinstallation følger vi mødet imellem fire islandske kvinder og tre iranske kvinder i alderen år, og den forvandling de gennemlever i kontakten med hinanden og kilden. Katja Bjørns videokunst har igennem det sidste årti konsekvent handlet om mennesket og i særlig grad kvinden og hendes position på tværs af samfund og kulturer. Igennem storladne videoinstallationer skaber hun vedkommende, eksistentielle fortællinger om menneskets relationer. Som noget nyt har fotografiet fået en væsentlig rolle i Katja Bjørns kunst, der modsat videoernes narrative handlinger, trækker i retning af mere universelle og tidsløse tilstande. Udstillingens fotografier er iscenesatte fiktioner af en nøgen kvinde i en kilde i den islandske natur der bringer tankerne i retning af myter, riter, altings ophav, moder jord, jordens skød - kort sagt alt det som ligger latent i os, men som vi oftest fortrænger i vores moderne kultur. Siden 2004 har Katja Bjørn særligt markeret sig med en unik form for videoskulpturer, der kombinerer hverdagens genstande med video, hvori hun udforsker krydsfeltet imellem videoens narrative rum og skulpturens form i relation til menneskets krop. Oftest optræder kunstneren selv i videoerne. Værkerne tager udgangspunkt i den nøgne krop som symbol på menneskets eksistentielle grundvilkår og de hermed følgende associationer; seksualitet, forgængelighed, skrøbelighed, tiltrækning, afsky, fødsel og død. Samtidig iscenesætter de følelser der ofte opstår i mødet med menneskets krop f.eks. i forhold til voyeurisme. Katja Bjørn har senest udstillet på Unspoken Stories, Kvindemuseet i Århus, Sculpture by the Sea, Århus, Living, Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst, From Andy Warhol to Katja Bjørn, Randers Kunstmuseum, Malmø Nordic, Bag facaden, Kunsthal Aarhus, Ord og Rum, Viborg Kunsthal. Desuden Rauma Biennale Balticum i Finland samt Haven, Gowana Canal, New York. Katja Bjørn er repræsenteret i samlingerne på Randers Kunstmuseum, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Kvindemuseet i Århus og Århus kommune Charlotte Fogh Gallery has the great pleasure to present Katja Bjorns solo exhibition "The Source ". The exhibition is the artist's second solo exhibition at the gallery and shows a new video installation, sculptures and photographs, all about transformation from one state to another. The exhibition's focal point is the source Rauôamelslaug on Snæfellsnes in Iceland. In a large comprehensive video installation, we follow the meeting among four Icelandic women and three Iranian women aged years, and the transformation they are experiencing in touch with each other and the source. Katja Bjorn's video art has over the past decade consistently been about people and especially the woman and her position across communities and cultures. Through grandiose video installations she creates existential tales of human relations. The photography has taken a new role to Katja Bjorns art, that otherwise the narrative of the videos are pushing toward more universal and timeless modes. The exhibition's photographs are staged fictions of a naked woman in a spring in the Icelandic nature that brings to mind in the direction of myths, rites, mother earth- in short, everything that is latent in us, but we often displaces in our modern culture. Since 2004, Katja Bjorn particularly distinguished herself with a unique form of video sculptures that combine everyday objects in video, in which she explores the interface between the video's narrative space and sculpture form in relation to the human body. Most often the artist performs in the videos. The works are based on the naked body as a symbol of man's existential conditions and the likely associations, sexuality, transience, fragility, attraction, disgust, birth and death. At the same time staging the feelings that often arise in the encounter with the human body, for example related to voyeurism. Katja Bjorn has most recently exhibited at "Unspoken Stories, Women's Museum, "Sculpture by the Sea ", Aarhus, " Living ", Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, " From Andy Warhol two Katja Bjorn", Randers Museum of Art, "Malmo Nordic, ", "Behind the facade ", Kunsthal Aarhus, "Words and Space ", Viborg Kunsthal. Moreover Rauma Biennale Balticum in Finland and "Garden ", Gowana Canal, New York. Katja Bjorn is represented in the collections of Randers Kunstmuseum, Horsens Art Museum, The Women's Museum,Aarhus and Aarhus Community

3 By The Source # By The Source #2 2014

4 Infinite Browser Painting # By The Source #4 2014

5 By The Source # By The Source #6 2014

6 Forvandlingskugle (Magic Ball) 2014 # I, II, III XXX x XXX cm Blown Glass, silverbox, technic Ed / DKK Forvandlingskugle (Magic Ball) 2014 # I, II, III XXX x XXX cm Blown Glass, silverbox, echnic Ed / DKK

7 The Source 2014 Video installation 5 projections on walls and screens 25 min Price on request Still from The Source

8 Still from The Source Still from The Source

9 CV KATJA BJØRN Born 1967, lives and works in Aarhus, Denmark EDUCATION Master of Arts (MA) Study of Religion and Art History Aarhus University, 1999 Video and Sculpture artist since 2004 Curator of artist run exhibition space: Spanien 19C, Aarhus since 2005 Public collections Randers Art museum Horsens Art museum Upcoming Gray scale days Randers Art Museum January 2015 Asger Jorn laboratory, Art Center Silkeborg bad April 2014 By the Source, Solo at Charlotte Fogh Gallery January 2014 Sleep my Love Horsens Art Museum January Women s Museum Aarhus Solo September Sculpture by the sea Aarhus June Malmoe Nordic 2013, Malmö May 2012 Written Room 2012, Kunsthall Brænderigården, Viborg The intimate AUTUMN: Behind the Façade. Aarhus art building, centre for contemporary art. Honey, Tom Chistoffersen Gallery, CUBE, Copenhagen Not in my backyard, Gallery Charlotte Fogh Gallery Aarhus The geography of the wilderness, SKULPTURI Copenhagen Grand Opening Charlotte Fogh Galley Aarhus The Source 2014 Video installation 5 projections on walls and screens 25 min Price on request 2011 Living, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk From Andy Warhol to Katja Bjørn, Randers Art Museum Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus Focus, Nicolaj Kunsthall, Copenhagen the program of Jesper Elg Still Walking, Charlotte Fogh Contemporary, (solo)

10 2010 Absolute Winter 2010, Charlotte Fogh Contemporary Water, Randers Art Museum Mitä meri? What s up Sea? Rauma Biennale Balticum 2010 Rauma Museum Finland Canned Mermaid, Randers Art Museum, (solo) Cosmos, Art Centre Silkeborg bad Art Herning with Charlotte Fogh Contemporary 2009 Milk and Honey, Gent, Belgium The Haven, Kurs KØS museum of art in public spaces, collaboration with Hartmut Stocker and Phillip Simmons Haven Gowana Canal, Brooklyn New York, collaboration with Hartmut Stocker and Phillip Simmons Human Nature, Charlotte Fogh Contemporary Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 2009 Art Herning with Charlotte Fogh Contemporary 2008 Catharsis, Kabine, Copenhagen Mummy s Desire, In-Site: Governors Island, New York Flemings House and Garden, Gallery MachWerket, Aarhus Anna M, Gallery nittenunder, Copenhagen 2007 Artists Fall Exhibition 2007, Den Fri centre of contemporary art India in Motion: Grand Theatre 2007 in Motion collaboration with Iben West Kraplak: Aarhus Festival Week 2007 Manifest07: Aarhus Art Building Centre for contemporary art, co-initiator for Manifest07, POP-UP Art: C-Sam: Centre for Contemporary Art, Aarhus Art Building, Århus.nu 2006 Øjeblik: Gallery Image- Centre for photography D-rum. Women. m.m.m.m.m: Festival Week, Spanien 19B Quarantine. Preparing chaos, before making order: Exhibition Space Spanien 19C, Aarhus Parallelrum:murlellaraP. Byggeriets Hus, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen 2005 Indenforudenfor2005 KelleR Centre for experimental art Hidden statements, Fredes Flyvende Tallerken, Aarhus Let s Share, double exhibition, Exhibition Space Spanien 19C / Bruun s Gallery Aarhus 2004 Transit2004, Copenhagen Airport ( Culture House, Grenaa Kulturspinderiet, Silkeborg Film City Aarhus, Aarhus Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 2004 Nakedness In Denmark, Copenhagen LAND ART PROJECT Spiral Point, in progress ART PROJECTS IN PUBLIC SPACES Spectronik A/S 2000 GRANTS/ SCHOLARSHIPS Grant from Jens Ejner and Johanne Larsen s Foundation, for young Artists 2004 Art Grant from Aarhus Municipality 2004 Art Grant from Aarhus Municipality 2006 Danish Centre for Culture and Development 2007 Art Grant from Aarhus Municipality 2008 Art Grant from Aarhus Municipality 2009 Art Grant from Aarhus Municipality 2010 The Danish Arts Council The Danish Arts Foundation 2010 Art Grant from Aarhus Municipality 2011 The Danish Arts Council 2012 COMMITTEE MEMBER Member of C-Sam, Centre for Contemporary Art, Arhus Member of Ukk Young Artists and Curators Member of Committee for KunstPlusPublishing Member of Committee for Artist s Easter Exhibition Censor at KP, artist Easter exhibition 2012, Aarhus art building, centre for contemporary art. Member of the Danish Art Counsil

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