MATILDE DUUS

En dag blir strømmen langsommere / One Day the Current Will Slow Down

26 September - 3 November 2024

In Matilde Duus' recent work, we find an interest in the fluid and the fleeting; in transparent glass that, in liquid form, can flow into small lakes or solidify into droplet shapes, like tears on a cheek. The exhibition addresses themes related to water, the sea, the deep, the current, abundance, flooding, the eye, water in the eye, and lenses overwhelmed by tears. These themes are expressed through materials like glass, bronze, and silk. Through an aesthetically poetic language of form, the exhibition One Day the Current Will Slow Down reflects on nature's resources, which are both vital and life-giving, yet at the same time grim and threatening - especially when viewed in light of the climate crisis we are currently facing. It creates a sort of artificial landscape where flowing and melting processes have been halted. Tears, ice, water -some of the most important elements in our nature.

Matilde's artistic practice includes both wall-based and sculptural works, all of which are articulations of the most fundamental element in her practice: the exploration of the spatial qualities within the two-dimensional. Her preferred material is glass, often combined with other materials such as metal, natural stone, paper, or photographic material.

Matilde Duus (b. 1983, Aarhus, DK) is a visual artist educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, DK (2008-2014), and Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg (2012). Matilde has recently held solo exhibitions at Bricks Gallery, DK (COMFORT, 2023), M100, DK (The Last Winter, 2021), and Magasin Lotus, DK (Collecting Hole, 2018), as well as participated in group exhibitions at S12 Gallery (Bergen, 2022), Galerie MøllerWitt (Copenhagen, 2021), and Marie Kirkegaard Gallery (Copenhagen, 2021). The artist's works are represented in public collections, including the Danish Arts Foundation and Copenhagen Municipality. Public and site-specific works include Banedanmark, Ringsted, Denmark (2020), UCSyd, Kolding, Denmark (2022), and the Sydhavn district, Aarhus, Denmark (upcoming). Matilde Duus is represented by BRICKS Gallery, Copenhagen, DK.

The exhibition is curated by: Henriette Noermark