5 April–18 May 2013
Opening: 5 April, 17–20h
Galleri Nicolai Wallner
Ny Carlsberg Vej 68 OG
1760 Copenhagen
T+45 32 57 09 70
F+45 32 57 09 71
Galleri Nicolai Wallner is pleased to announce the opening of two solo exhibitions with Clare Rojas and A Kassen.
Clare Rojas
The exhibition marks a new departure for Clare Rojas. Known for her illustrative paintings full of folk art imagery and rich storytelling, this latest body of work is contrastingly minimalist, geometric, and abstract. As a result, what is notable about this body of work is perhaps not what is featured, but what is not featured. Gone are the figurative aspects, the use of tapestry patterns and the feminist undertones and, in exchange, what remains are stripped-down representations of expansive space.
However, in this dramatic transition Rojas has not lost what made her earlier paintings great. This new minimalist work is neither austere, nor aggressive. The color scheme is bright and warm, reminiscent of her folk-art roots, and as a result the lines are softened and the images become more intimate and more accessible. For Rojas, with this new style of painting it is no longer a question of painting the story itself. Rather, it is a question of painting what happens during the in between moments of a story, or what happens when there is no story at all.
A Kassen
A Kassen’s exhibition features a new installation piece made up of four photographs. The work have been especially made for the exhibition.
Permanent Reflection consists of four framed photos that are placed perpendicular to each other in two separate corners of the exhibition space. The images appear to be distorted by reflections due to the framing glass, but are in fact photographs capturing the reflection of the site. A reflection in an artwork is seldom considered desirable, but in their own subtle way, A Kassen manages to turn what is often considered inconvenient into the actual subject of the work and involving the viewer as participant in the work.Through this subtle and elegant use of displacement, A Kassen’s work trouble our spatial understanding as well as our sense of space.
For further enquiries concerning Clare Rojas please contact Gitte Skjødt Madsen at gsm [at] nicolaiwallner.com.
For further enquiries concerning A Kassen please contact Marie Gellert Jensen at mgj [at] nicolaiwallner.com.
