KØBENHAVN SØGES (Copenhagen Wanted) A solo exhibition by HuskmitNavn (RememberMyName)
V1 Gallery presents
København Søges
A Solo Show by HuskMitNavn
Opening: Friday February 15th 2008, from 17.00 to 22.00.
February 15th 2008 – March 9th 2008.
V1 Gallery is proud to present København Søges (in English: Copenhagen Wanted), the third exhibition by HuskMitNavn in the gallery.
København Søges revolves around the city’s overlooked and oblique places and its forgotten individuals. The exhibition shows the remains of the industrial society and its inhabitants whom the city sanitation hasn’t yet been able to clean out. This is portrayed in a color scheme that reaches from the bleached color photographs to the nicotine spotted tapestry of the pubs.
The viewer is presented to prosaic everyday pictures from the local pub with its inventory consisting of dodgy characters, the aging barber looking out the window, the classic Copenhagen apartment with a toilet so small that one’s feet stick out into the hallway when sitting down. The left behind industrial and factory areas, the backyards, the train tracks, workers, homeless, pensioners and children are also introduced to the visitor at the exhibition.
HuskmitNavn pays homage to the city’s diversity through the exhibition’s cityscapes and portraits; he fosters a love for the untouched, the forgotten, the refuges, the crooked, the smashed and the neglected in the city that surrounds us. København Søges visualizes a chapter in the capital’s history that is about to be over and the changes that the city undergoes during these years.
København Søges consists of painting, drawings, installations, prints, and, as a new thing, HuskMitNavn has included photographic work.
København Søges is, with up to almost 100 works, HuskMitNavn’s largest exhibition to date.
We are looking forward to seeing you.
V1 Gallery
V1 Gallery. Flæsketorvet 69-71. DK-1711 KBH V. Danmark.
www.v1gallery.com.
Wednesday-Friday: 14.00-18.00. Saturday: 12.00-16.00. For further information or an interview with HuskMitNavn please contact :
Jesper Elg (+45) 26 82 81 66 / elg@v1gallery.com or V1 Gallery (+45) 33 31 03 21.
V1 would like to thank Tuborg, Pernod and Gyrith Ravn for text.