Helene Duckert
Self-portrait spectacles | Emojimasks
11 March - 27 June 2021
As an archaeologist examines the remains of the last great civilisation, Duckert searches for connections between human and its possessions. With small means and shifting subtle and disturbing humour, the irrepressible left-overs are transformed into meaning-bearing artefacts that put their finger on everyone's life in an increasingly globalised world. Duckert's installations offer a visual archive of leftovers and discarded material, taken from the city's garbage containers, and provide a commentary on contemporary ups and downs.
In this exhibition Duckert is showing two series of work in a larger installation; Self-portrait spectacles and Emojimasks.
Helene Duckert (b. 1988) is a multidisciplinary artist with an MFA from Oslo National Academy of the Arts. She has held a solo exhibition at Konsthall Marieholm, Sweden (2019), and participated in several group exhibitions such as 4+4 at Kunsthall Grenland, Porsgrunn (2020), Villa Bazaar at Norwegian Sculptors Society, Oslo (2019), Everyone sais hello at Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo (2019), Biennale of Contemporary Jewellery, Valencia (2018) and Spring Depot 2018 at Tenthaus, Oslo (2018). Duckert has also directed and performed several performances, such as Critic’s Corner at the launch of Kunstavisen in 2019, and Hannah Ryggen Army (2019) and Sirene (2020) commissioned by Kulturbyrået Mesèn. Helene Duckert is also a writer and contributor for the journal Kunsthåndverk.