DECODER – GALLERY 2112 – COPENHAGEN – 1997

ABSTRACT SCULPTURES – INSTALLATIONS

 

DECODER

At Gallery 2112, the exhibition Decoder unfolded as a dynamic investigation into the interplay between movement and form, where the
static nature of sculpture was challenged by the imprints of motion. The sculptures in the exhibition embodied a dialogue between
stillness and movement, revealing the invisible forces that shaped them. Through Decoder, the exhibition invited visitors to decode
the visual and tactile traces of movement embedded within the sculptures, encouraging a deeper engagement with the interplay
between motion, material, and space.

THE ROUND FORMS

The round plaster sculptures, with their swirling surfaces, bore the traces of centrifugal force, preserving the history of their formation
in their very material. These objects captured the moment where movement ceased, freezing time in their spiral textures. Each piece
retained a sense of the motion that had once dictated its form, an echo of its own making.

THE YELLOW FORM

A striking yellow wooden sculpture stood at 240 cm, rising as a monument to layered movement. The structure was marked by a series
of level-like indentations, each inscribed by the physical actions that had shaped it. The material itself bore the traces of process—
each mark and edge a reminder of the kinetic energy embedded in its construction.

THE HANGING ELEMENTS

Additionally, a series of wooden structures, clad in textile strips, narrated a different kind of movement. The strips of canvas were
wrapped and turned around the wooden framework through a rotational process, their positioning dictated by the rhythm of the
spinning form. These stringent, linear structures conveyed a sense of tension between the organic and the controlled, between
movement and restriction.

GALLERY 2112

The spatiality of Gallery 2112 played a crucial role in the exhibition. Located along Roskildevejen, a heavily trafficked main road, the
gallery’s large window faced the relentless motion of urban life. The sculptures inside, marked by movement, resonated with the
dynamic energy of the street outside, creating a continuous exchange between the static gallery space and the flux of the city.

PAINTED FLOOR

A significant element of the exhibition was the painted floor, which served as an anchoring point for the yellow sculpture. While the
sculpture itself carried the marks of movement, the painted floor further grounded it within the space, integrating it into the gallery
while still allowing its dynamic origins to remain visible. The paint extended the sculpture beyond itself, emphasizing its relationship
with the environment and its own history of transformation.

MATERIALS: wood, plaster, textile, painting and pigments hammered into the plaster.
MAESUREMENTS:  Yellow height 240 cm. Hanging objects 210 cm high. Round objects diameter 60 cm each
CREATED AT: The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, the atelier of Thorvaldsen at Charlottenborg “portikken“, Copehagen, where I fulfilled my last year as an art-student at the
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, the School of Visula arts.
PHOTOS: Bent Ryberg
PHOTOS FROM WORKSHOP: Bent Ryberg and  Anja

 

From The exhibition at Gellery 2112 – 1997 – Decoder – Photos Bent Ryberg.

 

         

              

Photos from my studieo at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schhol of Visual Arts, The former studio of Thorvaldsen – The Portikken at Charlottenborg – Photos – Bent Ryberg
and Anja Bache.