THROUGH HER LENS

THROUGH HER LENS

September 27 – November 30, 2023

In The Gallery is proud to present ‘Through Her Lens’, a group exhibition dedicated to showcasing talented women photographers from Denmark and abroad. Women photographers and artists receive far less attention today and we find it vital to reflect on this imbalance thus this exhibition aims to promote and widen the knowledge of three women photographers and the representation of their work.

The exhibition invites the viewer to see the world through her lens and engage in their personal and poetic narratives. The starting point for each artist is the portrait which they investigate in various ways. Lise Johansson’s works are self-portraits that explore what it means to feel at home and delve into concepts of identity and place of belonging. Andrea Torres Balaguer experiments with materialities and challenges the traditional notion of a portrait by intervening the photograph with a unique brushstroke across the subject’s face in post-production. Camila Fenster is particularly interested in textures, shapes, and objects which she uses to create photomontage portraits of doll-like humans. All artists remain close to a poetic and subtle perspective of the world and find their inspiration in the borderland between the conscious and the unconscious mind – creating a sense of distorted reality that encourages the viewer to look closer. They explore dreams, the surreal, and the uncanny, combining familiar concepts in unexpected ways that challenge our conventional ways of perceiving photographic portraiture. The viewer is left to create their own interpretation and decipher for themselves what is real and what is fiction.

Artists presented : Andrea Torres Balaguer (ES), Camila Fenster (PT/DK), Lise Johansson (DK)

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Andrea Torres Balaguer (b. 1990) is a Spanish photographer and holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona. After winning her first award, Artevistas New Talents, her work has been exhibited in i.a. Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, New York, London, and Berlin. Her work is included in the private collections of Fundació Vila Casas, Col·lecció Bassat, and Universitat de Barcelona, and in 2019 she was selected as one of the “top five artists to invest in” in Art Madrid.

Camila Fenster (b. 1970) lives and works in Portugal. She has a background as a production manager in advertisement films and holds a degree in Photography from Ar.co School in Lisbon. She has collaborated with the Danish brand “By Malene Birger” to create a unique piece built upon her artistic practice and her work has been exhibited in i.a. Norway, Switzerland, the UK, and Brazil as well as shown in magazines in Portugal and Denmark.

Lise Johansson
(b. 1985) lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is educated from The Media College Denmark in 2016 and has traveled the world extensively as part of her photographic practice. Johansson has won several prizes, including the Sony World Photography Awards, ‘Photographer of the Year 2020’ in the International Color Awards and most recently she won silver in the Prix de la Photographie Paris in 2022. Her work has been exhibited worldwide in i.a. London, Paris, Copenhagen, and New York.
Lise JOHANSSON - I'm not here #3 Lise JOHANSSON - Absence #2 Andrea TORRES BALAGUER - Hivernacle Cala Andrea TORRES BALAGUER - Hivernacle Lotus Lise JOHANSSON - Absence #3 Lise JOHANSSON - I'm not here #1 Andrea TORRES BALAGUER- Poeme Jaune Andrea TORRES BALAGUER - Poeme bleu Andrea TORRES BALAGUER - Faun Andrea TORRES BALAGUER - Silk
BROWSE EXHIBITION CATALOGUE

SUMMER EXHIBITION 2023

SUMMER EXHIBITION

July 15 – September 16th, 2023

This year’s Summer Exhibition presents a curated selection of artworks by artists with whom the gallery has established longstanding collaborations, along with an exciting new addition. All three artists share a common theme and explore the sublime, the beautiful, and the picturesque facets of nature- and cityscapes with an ambition to evoke intense emotions and inspire awe through aesthetic and visual experiences. The exhibition portrays the powerful and omnipresent nature found in Northern Norway and Iceland, bearing the traces of old, abandoned houses as well as the dynamic ever-changing cityscapes of the vibrant metropolises – all seen through a personal lens and captured with each artist’s own distinctive approach. 

Artists presented: Rune Werner Molnes, Jacob Gils and Julien Mauve. 

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Rune Werner Molnes (b. 1978) conveys the soul of buildings and the memory of a culture in his series “Entropy”. Each photograph is a portrait of an old, abandoned house along the coast of Northern Norway or Iceland. Some are right out depressing or melancholic, others are charming or inspirational. All with a very strong graphic appeal. 

Jacob Gils (b. 1963) uncovers the beauty of various city- and naturescapes. Through his use of multiple exposures, he explores the boundaries of the photographic medium and challenges the viewer’s perception of light, space, and color. Each piece consists of a multitude of fleeting moments layered into a single image, with an almost painterly finesse. 

Julien Mauve (b. 1984) creates photographic narratives in the borderland between dream and reality. His works convey a twilight mood in which the beautiful merges with the unsettling. The blue darkness disrupted by singular or mysterious light sources creates a filmic atmosphere and underlines the symbolic meaning of light as the source of life, hope, and human presence. 

Rune Werner Molnes - House in Vopnafjördur, 2021 Rune Werner Molnes - Fjos Rune Werner Molnes - House by Oldutjörn Rune Werner Molnes at In The Gallery CPH Jacob Gils - Andratx #3 Jacob GILS - Pibemølle # 4 Jacob Gils - Copenhagen #26 Jacob Gils - Es Capdella #3 Jacob GILS - Palma #5 Jacob Gils - Lisbon #2 Jacob GILS - Palma #3 Jacob GILS - Copenhagen #21 Julien MAUVE - After Lights out # 20,

WINTER LIGHT 2022 – 2023

WINTER LIGHT 2022

December – February, 2023

As a conclusion of 2022, whilst darkness still dominates the hours of the day, In The Gallery would like to invite you in for the exhibition Winter Light.

The longing for light reflects the current time of year, but it also makes reference to the necessity of it in the photographic process. For this edition of our winter exhibition, we would like to present works by artists whom the gallery has long-standing collaborations with as well as a few new additions. We are presenting both smaller format photographic work in combination with oil paintings, each with their intensity of color and vibrant surfaces.

All of the works are in smaller formats, with a price range to match, perfect for an end of the year gift.

Artists presented:

Jacob GILS | Lea JESSEN | Lise JOHANSSON | Søren SOLKÆR | Julien MAUVE | Steen LARSEN | Dan LAUSTSEN | Carsten INGEMANN | Werner VAN RECK | Michael AHLEFELDT |

 

Dan LAUSTSEN - Africa #1, 2018 Julien MAUVE - After Lights out # 20, Carsten INGEMANN - Lolland Jacob GILS - The North Sea Horizons Jacob GILS - The Mediterranean Sea #1 Søren SOLKÆR - Black Sun #44 Steen LARSEN - Southern heights Steen LARSEN - Infinity Jacob GILS - Lisbon #15 Jacob GILS - Palma #5 Jacob GILS - Copenhagen #25 Jacob GILS - Sophienholm #1 Jacob GILS- LA #2 Jacob GILS - Cali Transfer Werner Van Reck - Will he come back? Lise JOHANSSON - Absence #1 Lise JOHANSSON - Absence #2 Lise JOHANSSON - Absence #3 Michael Ahlefeldt - Untitled #7

UNCROWDED by WERNER VAN RECK

Uncrowded by WERNER VAN RECK

May 5th – June 16 , 2022

Opening on Thursday, May 5th from 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm – Dronningens Tværgade, 19- 1302 Copenhagen 

‘Time is an ocean that ends on the beach’  Bob Dylan

Water is poetry. Sometimes hard and sharp, other times soft and elegant. Werner wandered along the coasts of Europe. Sometimes it was rough, then calm or everything in between. Yet the washing water always touched its inseparable companion: the land.

A perpetual motion of attraction and withdrawal, a flirtatious waterline. Fascinated, he looks at the water and documents what it does to people. Beaches and shores that seem to offer people time, needed to come to themselves. He immortalizes their moments of reflections.

Reflections that create subdued emotions, bring cheerful relation to life or evoke melancholy memories.

Werner Van Reck - Will he come back? Werner Van Reck - Who will be the first? Werner VAN RECK - Bicycle Race Werner VAN RECK - Dejeuner sur les rochers Werner VAN RECK- Google when is it low tide Werner Van Reck - So many thoughts Werner VAN RECK- That afternoon he went for a swim Werner VAN RECK - The ostrich girl Werner VAN RECK- This is where I draw the line Werner VAN RECK - Waiting for the flood 1

I’M NOT HERE by LISE JOHANSSON

I'M NOT HERE by LISE JOHANSSON

April 1st -April 20, 2022

Online exhibition on ARTSY – https://www.artsy.net/partner/in-the-gallery

In The Gallery is delighted to present new series “I’m not here” by Lise Johansson.

“I’m not here” is a series of self-portraits photographed in an abandoned hospital. The project is a reflection on mental illness and about identity in a state of transition.

Being in a void between the old and the new, this rite of passage is a vulnerable place. The surroundings can become fluid and one may find themself now completely reset without status or identity. What was before and what will come after?
This transition between two states of being can incite both an aching and unease to return to what one once was but often are unable to return to again.

Lise JOHANSSON - I'm not here #8 Lise JOHANSSON - I'm not here #10 Lise JOHANSSON - I'm not here #9 Lise JOHANSSON - I'm not here #7 Lise JOHANSSON - I'm not here #6 Lise JOHANSSON - I'm not here #5 Lise JOHANSSON - I'm not here #4 Lise JOHANSSON - I'm not here #3 Lise JOHANSSON - I'm not here #2 Lise JOHANSSON - I'm not here #1

SELECTED WORKS by JACOB GILS

SELECTED WORKS by JACOB GILS

March 5 -April 30, 2022

We are happy to present a selection of works by Danish photographer Jacob GILS from his series Mouvement and Transfer.

Jacob Gils´ photographs, equally analogue and digital in origin, embody a strong awareness of perfect technique and composition. The artist´s significant almost impressionistic style of iconic structures and sights makes his photographic works stand out with their layered production technique. The used polarisation method and multiple exposures generate engaging photographic interpretations that are organic and sensuous to the eye. Fragmented, draped and distorted they demand the onlooker to not only look at them, but also to get closer and pay more attention to the details as they never reveal themselves at a distance.

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Movement is a series which combines a strong aesthetical point of view with meticulous attention to technical detail. As the title indicates, the series is concerned with giving shape to temporal and spatial aspects inherent in all visual experience.

Transfer series are polaroids transferred onto watercolour paper. Through this technique a particularly atmospheric and dreamy mood arises. Upon closer inspection, however, the eye begins to decode that in these works there are real places depicted, all with their special characteristics. 

Jacob GILS - Tramuntana Transfer Jacob GILS - The North Sea Horizons Jacob GILS - The Mediterranean Sea #1 Santa Monica #1 30 x 60 Jacob GILS - Milan #2 Jacob GILS - London #31 Jacob GILS - London #8 Jacob GILS - London #4 Jacob GILS - Lisbon #11 Jacob GILS - Copenhagen #25 Jacob GILS - Copenhagen #24 Jacob GILS - Copenhagen #8 Jacob GILS - Cali Transfer Jacob GILS - Palma #3