Arden Asbæk Gallery is proud to present Halfdan Venlov’s on-going photographic series Under Heaven during Copenhagen Photo Festival 2023. Featuring a series of C-type and Silver Gelatin prints, photographed at Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen’s celebrated churchyard-turned-city park, the series affirms Venlov’s approach to the photographic narrative. Portraits, shared moments,…

Scandinavian animism is the starting point for Anders von Greffelstejn’s first solo exhibition Totem. Animism is the idea that animals, plants and other natural phenomena contain a spirit or spiritual essence. In the exhibition, owls, toads, and others appear as large watercolor paintings, which with their wealth of detail stand in immediate contrast to the medium.

The year 1816 is known as the year without a summer. When the volcano Mount Tambora by the island Sumbawa in Indonesia erupted the year before, it created enormous disturbances in the weather all over the world. Atmospheric dust from the volcano changed the temperatures, causing snowfall in the summer, natural disasters and an agricultural crisis resulting in widespread famine.

Arden Asbæk Gallery is pleased to present Josefine Winding’s first solo exhibition Shaped. The sculptural works stand shoulder by shoulder, mirrors and leans on each other, while also encompassing Winding’s characteristic sense of balance; the hard against the soft, the symmetrical opposed to the asymmetrical, the voluminous and the airy. But with the title of the exhibition, Winding is not only referring to the artistic process, but also to what has shaped Winding as a person.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. Ovid, Ancient roman poet (43 BC – 17/18 AD) When Vilmer Engelbrecht first came across the ancient myth and tales, he was struck by their seemingly everlasting relevance. These early writings served both as moral reflection or…