Louise Sparre, Anne Sofie Overgaard, and Mette Boel “Accommodating the Present”. Photo: Rocco Ruglio-Misurell.

Press Release, October 2019

Accommodating the Present showcases new works by artists Louise Sparre, Anne Sofie Overgaard, and Mette Boel. The exhibition inhales the present, considers it, and contemplates adaption as a basic condition in relation to coexistence between people, animals, places, and nature.

Adaption is a complex term. Both in relation to biology, where animal and plant life are forced to adapt to increasingly extreme environmental conditions, and also on a physiological and psychological level, forcing the individual to adapt to ever-changing aspects of reality. With a focus on materials and the tactile, the works in Accommodating the Present set out to investigate different ways of adapting to modern life.

Presented with the support of The Danish Art Foundation and Culture Development Aarhus.

Opening: Saturday 20 October, 18-21.
Exhibition period: 21 October - 17 November 2019.
Opening hours: Sundays: 12-18 & by appointment.

Louise Sparre “Membrane/Filter/Film #1”, 2019 (Plywood, chiffon, 120 cm x 120 cm x 1 cm), “Superorganism”, 2019 (Rabbit fur, polystyrene, 33 cm x 33 cm x 33 cm) & “Cell Objects”, 2019 (Plywood, silicone, brass, copper, polystyrene, Dimensions variable). Photo: Rocco Ruglio-Misurell.

Louise Sparre “Superorganism”, 2019. Photo: Rocco Ruglio-Misurell.

Louise Sparre “Membrane/Filter/Film #1”, 2019. Photo: Rocco Ruglio-Misurell.

Anne-Sofie Overgaard “The passing of the present, and the preservation of the past” 2019
(3D printed PLA plastic, 15 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm each). Photo: Rocco Ruglio-Misurell.

Anne-Sofie Overgaard “The passing of the present, and the preservation of the past” 2019 (3D printed PLA plastic, 15 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm each). Photo: Rocco Ruglio-Misurell.

Louise Sparre “Ventricles”, 2019 (Plywood, silicone, silk, 138 cm x 37 cm x 1.5 cm).
Photo: Rocco Ruglio-Misurell.

Louise Sparre, Anne Sofie Overgaard, and Mette Boel “Accommodating the Present”. Photo: Rocco Ruglio-Misurell.

Anne-Sofie Overgaard “The passing of the present, and the preservation of the past”, 2019 (Linen, cotton, wool, metalic, synthetic thread, 10mx67cm). Photo: Rocco Ruglio-Misurell.

Mette Boel “Bug Out Bag”, 2018 (Canvas bag, display, plastic, slideshow of 41 looped images, 30 cm x 30 cm x 20 cm). Photo: Rocco Ruglio-Misurell.

Anne-Sofie Overgaard “The passing of the present, and the preservation of the past”, 2019
(Linen, cotton, wool, metalic & synthetic thread, 10 m x 67 cm). Photo: Rocco Ruglio-Misurell.

Mette Boel “24/7”, 2019 (Cotton, elastic band 180 cm x 70 cm).
Photo: Rocco Ruglio-Misurell.

Louise Sparre “Adaptation #5”, 2019 (Goat hide, pig hide, 200 cm x 60 cm). Photo: Rocco Ruglio-Misurell.

Louise Sparre “Adaptation #1”, 2018 (Cow hide, pig hide, 200 cm x 60 cm). Photo: Rocco Ruglio-Misurell.