The exhibition, which can be seen in Skive Museum’s two large skylights, has already been visited by more than 5000 guests since it opened in October. Many school classes have visited the exhibition, and many pupils and students have worked on making their own small sculptural paper works a la Callesen in the museum’s art school workshop.
The exhibition is now extended until April 7.
Peter Callesen (b.1967), who now lives on the island of Mors in the Limfjord, graduated from Goldsmiths College in London, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Aarhus School of Architecture. For the past 20 years he has worked with paper as his primary material. The exhibition “In Deep Water” presents a range of works of art created in paper – from small A4-sized pieces to monumental works measuring several meters.
Callesen’s choice of subject matter is often existentialist; he works with the great themes of existence: life and death, identity and self-esteem, doubt and faith.
The theme of the exhibition is water. The works explore the meaning of living where land and water meet. The dual nature of water as both idyllically beautiful and dangerously scary – life-giving and life-destroying – is the subject of the exhibition. Denmark is only slightly above sea level and is one of the countries at risk of being affected by rising sea levels due to climate change. Callesen visualizes this threat in her installations and creates an entry point to reflect on the changes we experience in nature.
The exhibition is a collaboration between Ribe Kunstmuseum, Sophienholm and Skive Museum.
The exhibition is supported by: A.P. Møller Fonden, Augustinus Fonden, Spar Nord Fonden, Det Obelske Familiefond, Beckett-Fonden, 15. Juni Fonden, Arne V. Schleschs Fond, Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond, Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fond, Knud Højgaards Fond and Statens Kunstfond.
Photos: MUSEUM SALLING
For further information, please contact:
Curator Mette Dyrberg
T: 99157196 / 21466451
E: mmdy@museumsalling.dk
