SOON: Matisse at SMK

SMK (Copenhagen) focuses on french artist Henri Matisse's doubles & repetitions as method and have collaborated with both Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York & Centre Pompidou, Paris in gathering rarities for this exhibition. The exhibition is travelling from Centre Pompidou, where it has had big success with close to 500 000 visitors.

The exhibition opens on July 14th (french national day) & last til 28 October 2012

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Video Art: FOKUS Festival 9-25 February at Nikolaj Kunsthal Copenhagen

Tonight was opening night for FOKUS Videoart Festival 2012.

The festival started in 2011 and this year's edition features works by Rose Eken, Søren Thilo Funder, Gudrun Hasle, Elsebeth Jørgensen, Lasse Lau, Lærke Lauta, Pia Rønicke, Lisa Strömbeck, Artur Zmijewski & Pippilotti Rist. 

The festival also made an open call & invited established artists and new talents to participate.

A special video-program on communities has been put together by the five major galleries in Copenhagen – den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Gl strand, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Overgaden & Kunsthal Nikolaj. 

Except for the art that is part of the festival, the program also features VJ-nights & on February 18th there will be held a BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer) event in Kunsthal Nikolaj.

Part Time Paradise & Frik collection | David Risley Gallery

Two storeys up in an appartment on Bredgade, Copenhagen, dutch artist Helen Frik exhibits twenty years of clay and ceramic works. The expression raw, sketchy & direct.

On ground floor: Henry Krokatsis mirror collages Part Time Paradise.
Both exhibitions at David Risley Gallery until January 21st.

PLAY at CPH:DOX

Tomorrow is the first day of Copenhagen's 11 days long documentary film festival CPH:DOX 2011.

This weekend I am especially curious about Ruben Östlund's new film PLAY, that premiered earlier this year.

The format is called dramatised re-enactment & is based on a series of events of severe gang-bullying that happened in Gothenburg a couple of years ago.

Östlund is also coming for a masterclass on The National Film School of Denmark on Saturday to talk about his work-methods & the swedish welfare-reality.

CPH:DOX also features short films, audio-visual works, a collaboration with the National Gallery of Denmark as well as a special theme called Food on Film.

Exhibition: FANTABULOUS COLOURING: Christoph Ruckhäberle – The Pervert

Yesterday was opening night for a range of exhibitions in Copenhagen.
One was Christoph Ruckhäberle's exhibition The Pervert at Galleri Nikolai Wallner.
It features paintings & drawings in oil, aquarelle & ink.
I especially fell for the color-work on the oil-paintings. (the web-photos don't at all give justice to the original art-work, needs to be experienced first-look)