Exhibition programme autumn/winter 2019

Eva Koťátková: Confessions of the Piping System
September 21, 2019–February 16, 2020
Opening: September 20, 5–8pm

Confessions of the Piping System is the first solo exhibition in Scandinavia by the critically acclaimed Czech artist Eva Koťátková (b. 1982 in Prague). A new comprehensive work, created especially for the exhibition at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, unites sculpture, text and performance and thus emphasizes Koťátková’s theatrical frame of reference.

The artist is interested in the relationship between the realm of the private and personal on the one hand—our dreams, creativity and civic engagement—and the public, authoritarian sphere on the other. Koťátková hints at how we are informed by the codes and social control of institutional structures, but at the same time she points to opportunities for unrestricted thinking and action. The exhibition is curated by Henriette Bretton-Meyer. Further info here.

Irena Haiduk: Seductive Exacting Realism
September 21–October 6, 2019
Opening: September 20, 5–8pm

Seductive Exacting Realism (SER) is a sound programme based on an interview the artist Irena Haiduk (b. 1982 in Beograd) conducted on January 14, 2015 at Harvard University’s Carpenter Center, with Srdja Popovic, co-founder of the OTPOR! student group and the consultancy CANVAS (Center for Applied Non-Violent Action and Strategy), who advises democratic, revolutionary movements all over the world.

This presentation marks the beginning of a two-year collaboration with Irena Haiduk, and the opening of Yugoexport’s economy inside Kunsthal Charlottenborg’s bookshop. SER was originally commissioned by the Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, and later exhibited at the 14th Istanbul Biennial and documenta 14. The exhibition is curated by Michael Thouber. Further info here.

Art & Porn 
October 5, 2019–January 12, 2020
Opening: October 4, 6–10pm

To mark the fiftieth anniversary of lifting the ban on visual pornography in Denmark, Kunsthal Charlottenborg presents in collaboration with ARoS the group exhibition Art & Porn. The exhibition presents the development in art from the 60s legalization of visual pornography to the current fourth-wave feminism, and highlights how art is influenced by changing the law on pornography. What are the implications when the boundaries of what citizens may be faced with in public spaces change from one day to the next?

The exhibition presents a wide variety of art works by Danish and international artists such as Amalia Ulman, Anna Uddenberg, Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens, Bjørn Nørgaard & Lene Adler Petersen, Cindy Sherman, Elmgreen & Dragset, Jeff Koons, Maja Malou Lyse, Mike Bouchet, Peter Land, Tom of Finland. The exhibition is curated and organized by Erlend G. Høyersten, Lise Pennington, Gry Stangegård Schneider, Rasmus Stenbakken, Anne Mette Thomsen and Michael Thouber. Further info here.

Roee Rosen: The Mosquito-Mouse and other Hybrids
October 31, 2019–February 16, 2020
Opening: October 30, 5–8pm

The first-ever solo exhibition in Denmark featuring artist, writer and director Roee Rosen (b. 1963 in Rehovot) includes his series Vladimir’s Night. Comprising 39 gouaches, the work relates a hybrid tale—part children’s book, part martyr story, part twisted political narrative—in which the protagonist, Vladimir, is surrounded by absurd scenarios.

The exhibition also presents the film The Dust Channel—an operetta that has garnered much recognition for its absurd and politically poignant fiction, creating a polemic space for addressing current political issues. The exhibition is curated by Anne Mikél Jensen. Further info here.

Find the complete exhibition programme for autumn/winter 2019-2020 on Kunsthal Charlottenborg’s website. 

Director: Michael Thouber
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