Month: November 2008
Daniel Lergon
States of Matter:::
Andersen
Nils Erik Gjerdevik
Nils Erik Gjerdevik
When GL STRAND on the 8th of November 2008 opens its doors to a new exhibition by
Nils Erik Gjerdevik, the spectator will experience a total installation consisting of
paintings, drawings and ceramic sculptures, made especially for GL STRAND’s 3rd floor.
For a number of years and within the realms of painting formal circumstances in relation
to the creation of images inspired by the possibilities in new digital image production has
been a focal point. Nils Erik Gjerdevik has positioned himself centrally over a longer
period of years in the form of highly original contributions to the analysis and exploration
of these very issues. He is working on an ongoing study of the many possible forms of
abstraction, which has been introduced especially through art history. His distinctive work
with the modes of presentation in non-figurative paintings has also resulted in a
gradual approximation of painting and drawing, which has induced that the non-figurative
universe is in constant genesis in two directions: Inwards towards an imaginary universe
and outwards towards physical abstraction.
In his new works Gjerdevik has used GL STRAND’s distinctive architecture and exhibition
space. Everything has been adjusted to suit this old bourgeois house with a mounting
that goes to the very edge – work edge, floor edge, wall edge and ceiling. In terms of
motifs Gjerdevik seeks to break up the framework through new explorations of the
seemingly endless tactile and optic qualities of the non-figurative.
Olaf Breuning
The boys are back in town::
Looking forward to the show:::
V1
Tove Storch & Technically Sweet
Friday 7 November 2008, 5-8pm Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art invites you to the opening of a solo exhibition by Tove Storch and the international group exhibition Technically Sweet, curated by Yvette Brackman og Maria Finn.

Nobuya Hoki
Nobuya Hoki
The gallery is pleased to announce the opening of our new exhibition space in Kyoto.
We’re currently preparing for the opening exhibition, “Nobuya Hoki”.
Please join us to celebrate the opening of Taka Ishii Gallery, Kyoto.
Nobuya Hoki Born in 1966, a graduate from the Kyoto City University of Arts (MFA, painting), Hoki lives and works in Kyoto. He has been included in numerous international exhibitions focusing on emerging Japanese artists such as Roppongi Crossing, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2004), rapt!, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne (2006), and Mindscape Museum, Okazaki (2007). Hoki’s highly developed, precisely articulated works have attracted increasing attention in recent years.
In his earlier pictorial representations, Hoki utilized two “freehand” drawing techniques, consisting of “a point (a dot)” and/or “the line.” Hoki’s present approach involves the use of a two-pronged drawing device resulting in what Hoki describes as “double line drawing”. Using this double line technique, Hoki creates an expansive plane, the simple single colorful line complicated by a shifting of colors creating a completely new type of pictured relief.
“Just by looking at the surface, divided by only line, one can see a difference in weight, context and movement.” In other words, he develops his original approach of creating “a single layer made multilayer within a single layer” by the use of dots and distance of the density of lines.
We will exhibit three large size paintings (oil on aluminum), and two large drawings. Please have a look at our new space to see the beauty of the dynamic, handmade drawings Hoki creates without a draft.
COPYSHOP: A FRANCHISE MODEL FOR CHALLENGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
COPYSHOP: A FRANCHISE MODEL FOR CHALLENGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The Art Gallery of Knoxville
SUPERFLEX and The Art Gallery of Knoxville are proud to celebrate COPYSHOP!
One year ago, the first franchise of COPYSHOP was opened in Knoxville Tennessee. COPYSHOP is a gathering point and international network for those who share a critical view on intellectual property. COPYSHOP sells modified originals, improved copies, political anti-brands – or a SUPERCOPY as the new original.
Please join SUPERFLEX to celebrate the anniversary of COPYSHOP in Knoxville with a discussion hosted by Students for the Study of Law & Culture at the University of Tennessee on November 3.
We will discuss ways of using Law in the practice of Art – and new strategies for the development of experimental cultural space.
The Art Gallery of Knoxville is dedicated to new and emerging Art. It is an open space to cultivate ideas of Art and social engagement. AGoK has worked in collaboration with SUPERFLEX on the development of COPYSHOP in Knoxville. COPYSHOP was initiated in 2005 by Superflex and Copenhagen Brains.
The presentation of SUPERFLEX by Students for the Study of Law & Culture at the University of Tennessee is co-sponsored by the Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law, the School of Art VADSCO Lecture Series, and the Danish Arts Council.
All about COPYSHOP: ‘If Value, Then Copy’
Intellectual property in the form of copyright, licenses and patents has an increasing importance on society. These rights dictate what we say, where we say it, and to whom we say it to. The right over ideas maintains the status quo within the current economic order.
The fundamental legal concept is as follows: ‘if value then right’, or, to put it another way, ‘where there is economic value there is intellectual property’. This expansion has caused different reactions. For example from the Open Source movement where the ownership of code hindered the best possible development of software. This caused, among other things, the operating system linux. In Brazil state sanctioned infringements of intellectual property has enabled the production of cheaper HIV medicine.
We want to confront this development and produce, promote and sell products that challenge the concept ‘If value then right’.
