CURRENT
When COVID-19 hit in 2020, we had to isolate ourselves, so I bought 90 meters of gray covering paper, which I used to paint pictures on—for the first time on PAPER in many years. My work quickly divided into two paths: figurative and abstract. The gray paper was replaced with white. The figurative paper paintings became the exhibition ‘Arcadia, Land of Rock Paths,’ which was shown here at STADENS MUSEUM in 2022. This exhibition featured Altre til Spinozas gud (Altars to Spinoza's God) or Altre for Naturen (Altars for Nature), inspired by a youth expedition to the Hindu Kush mountains between India and Afghanistan – and by the pristine nature and animistic population I had the pleasure of encountering there. The second path, the abstract one, is the one you see here. The abstract forms slide around on a coordinate system. Hence the name ‘Coordinate Works’. Erik Sløjfebinder surprised me by inviting me to be a guest at this exhibition. We are old friends and have exhibited together several times in the past. Our last exhibition was called ‘Life is the World’ / ‘MATH ART’.
EARLIER
'There can be no sex without EroticismThere can be no Eroticism without Humor.Either one without the other has no meaning.Humor is the Staff of Life.Eroticism without the Staff of Life is a Limp staff. The Staff of Sex without Laughter might be Stiff but it lacks Life. So, to keep it Stiff, you have to Laugh.Laughter, life, Sex, Stiffness, Staff, Humor, Eroticism…all Are created by Sverre´s Stiff Stylus…a technique which ScratchesHard Copper plates which immediately becomes Hard Humorous Erotic Art Which makes us Laugh…and makes us Live'
Juan Luis Bunuel
5. - 27. Oktober 2024
SVERRE BJØRN-NIELSEN
Sverre Bjørn-Nielsen special exhibition and Classic Christiania drawing art. "Christiania – Black on White" shows drawings from Christiania's young years by, among others, Laurie Grundt, Anna Tengberg, Henrik Schütze, René Jalford, Marca Merica and Sverre Bjørn-Nielsen. The Norwegian Sverre Bjørn-Nielsen, who drew for various Christiania-Aviser from 1974-76, has in the following nearly 50 years developed into a graphic artist of international format, so in addition to the CA drawings, the Gallopperiet houses a retrospective exhibition of 30 of Sverre's gravure prints. Sverre's works are technically masterful, but a good number of the 30 images are not for the faint of heart. Sverre is known - and internationally recognized - for his lush wild-growing erotic motifs, but there are quite a few other works where the ideas are more reminiscent of Storm-P. Sverre must be experienced!
7. - 28. september 2024
Kunst Rihave
10. august - 1. september
Naturen omkring os
The exhibition "Nature around us" conveys the natural values that exist on and around Christianshavn's embankment - with adjacent water environments and with a particular focus on the part of the installation located on Christiania. The area is undergoing severe transformation and thus pressure from new buildings, increased population and future infrastructure. Often local plans, designation of construction sites and new activities do not take into account the species that have their homes - permanently or temporarily - on and around the embankment. The exhibition at Staden's Museum of Art will illustrate and convey the nature and biodiversity we can enjoy today, invite debate about protection in the future, and arrange lectures and guided tours in the area that highlight its values and challenges.
See the exhibition programme, events and lectures + more information here ...
June/July 2024
Christiania - du har mit hjerte
17 maj 2024
Haditihi Haditihi
“Hadithi Hadithi - ARTivism” is a project funded by CISU, which has made it possible for
the activists to develop the artworks that give a unique insight into what life as LGBTQ+ is like
person is experienced in countries with strict anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, discrimination and prejudice from
their surrounding community.
March 2024
'UTOPIA / DYSTOPIA'
Utopia / Dystopia
Christiania has existed for more than 50 years and more or less followed its own path while the surrounding society has undergone a dramatic development and has long since abandoned the progressive ideals that marked the end of the 60s and which laid the foundation for Christiania's creation. Read more...
6. - 30. april
Marcos Byrd's retrospective 70-year exhibition
ROUGHNESS AND DREAM. Marcos Byrd is American, has lived in Mexico, a year and a half in Copenhagen, there is Mexican blood in him, and his rough pictures are best understood in the light of the "great Mexicans, people like Orozco and Rivera.
