Pressemeddelelse, august 2020
Gilbert Gordon
Jeg er blevet far, jeg har ingen far
Midt i udstillingsrummet svæver en oversize menneskefigur over et lag af bregner og lys. Den har karakter af en præ-religiøs, urhistorisk gudefigur, som man kan spørge til råds, hente kraft fra eller forstå sig selv i relation til. Eller en forfader, der i mangel på mere præsente faderfigurer, kan videregiver erfaringer, forståelse og ro.
Gilbert Gordons soloudstilling Jeg er blevet far, jeg har ingen far tager udgangspunkt i den personlige erfaring omkring at forvalte og forstå faderskabet, når man ikke har nogen rollemodel at orientere sig imod. I en video, der strækker sig over tre udstillingvægge, reflekterer Gordon over faderskabets biologiske og kulturelle betydning og over, hvilke mønstre, man reproducerer som mand og som forælder, når man eksisterer i skyggen af en fraværende faderfigur.
Gordons træfigur eksisterer i spændingsfeltet imellem det skabende og det skabte, imellem det, der er blevet videregivet til os og det, vi selv ønsker at give videre. Træfiguren er møjsommeligt snittet i hånden, og fortæller om en skabelsesproces; kunstnerisk, selvudviklende eller biologisk. Men som totem-lignende figur rummer den også selv en urkraft, som man kan henvende sig til med sine spørgsmål om, hvad det vil sige at skabe liv og om, hvordan det vi skaber kan ende med at skabe os.
Tak til Mathias Døcker Petersen, filmfotograf. & Simon Brinck, komponist.
Gilbert Gordon (f. 1984) er uddannet fra Det Kgl. Danske Kunstakademi i 2019. 'Jeg er blevet far, jeg har ingen far' er Gordons første soloudstilling efter akademiet.
Læs også: www.idoart.dk/blog/jeg-er-blevet-far-jeg-har-ingen-far
Fernisering: Fredag 4. september, kl. 17-21. Facebook event
Udstillingsperiode: 5. september - 26. september 2020.
Åbningstider: Onsdag - lørdag: kl. 13-17.
English:
Press Release, August 2020
Gilbert Gordon
I have become a father, I have no father
An oversized human figure hovers over a layer of ferns and light in the middle of the exhibition space. The figure resembles a sort of non-religious, prehistoric god figure, which one can turn to for advice, strength or to understand oneself in relation to. Or an ancestor who in the absence of more present father figures, can pass on experience, understanding and calm.
Gilbert Gordon's exhibition I have become a father, I have no father is based on the personal experience of managing and understanding fatherhood when you have no role model to turn towards. In a video that spans over three exhibition walls, Gordon reflects on the biological and cultural significance of fatherhood and on the patterns one reproduces as a man and a parent who exists in the shadows of an absent father.
Gordon's wooden figure operates in the tension between what creates and what is created, between what has been passed on to us and what we ourselves wish to pass on. The wooden figure is painstakingly carved by hand, and talks about the process of creation; artistic, self-developing or biological. But as a totem-like figure, it also contains a primordial force, which on can adress with one's questions about what it means to create life, and about how the things we create and end up creating us.
Many thanks to Mathias Døcker Petersen, film photographer, and Simon Brinck, composer.
Gilbert Gordon (b. 1984) is educated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2019. 'I have become a father, I have no father' is Gordon's first solo exhibition after graduation.
Opening: Friday 4th of September, 17-21. Facebook event
Exhibition period: 5th of September - 26th of September 2020.
Opening hours: Wednesday - Saturday: 13-17.