CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN
GALLERI CHRISTOFFER EGELUND
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN
At VOLTA 9 we are pleased to present YOU AND I ARE NOT SO DIFFERENT, an installation of new works by Christoffer Joergensen. The cinematic title resonates with the artist’s narrative style and his ability to create intriguing fields of tension, for instance between rigid, almost Cartesian grids and a blurry complexity or between abstract patterns and photographic subject matter. For his Grogram images, the artist manually cuts two different photographs into thin strips and then weaves them together to form a new image. Details of photographs of unrelated people and circumstances are united in this way. Once interwoven, the two images influence and to an extent veil each other. The people in them loose their individuality and become types. Meanwhile, in his Eurospheres series Joergensen digitally mirrors triangular fragments of his photographs of plenary halls to form hexagonal patterns reminiscent of honeycombs or kaleidoscopes. Dotted around these hexagonal cells are tiny politicians listening, writing or reading the papers. On the one hand, the two elements of the sphere and the pattern conjure a symbolically loaded atmosphere. On the other, one is overcome by a distinct sense of absurdity when looking at the works up close. Faced with the image tsunami and the general acceleration of existence, Christoffer Joergensen has opted for slower, more long term projects, creating works that speak to us about our alienation, our chaotic times and about our need to find meaning and some structure within them. Christoffer Joergensen is born in Denmark but lives and works today in Zurich. During 2002-2004 he graduated with an MA in photography from the Royal Collage of Art in London. Joergensen has participated in several exhibitions at Galleri Christoffer Egelund and is today one of the gallery’s permanent artists. He has also been represented at Charlottenborg´s Spring Exhibition and taken part in numerous solo and group shows in galleries and public institutions around Europe, recently shown in a group show at Kunsthalle Luzern.
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Sphere of Norway, 2013 C-print, Diasec 150 cm. diameter, Ed. 5
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Eurosphere 1, 2013 (detail) C-print, Diasec 150 cm. diameter, Ed. 5
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Eurosphere 1, 2013 C-print, Diasec 150 cm. diameter, Ed. 5
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Sphere of France, 2013 C-print, Diasec 150 cm. diameter, Ed. 5
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Eurosphere 2, 2013 C-print, Diasec 150 cm. diameter, Ed. 5
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Die Eisenkette Des Bundesadlers, 2011 C-print, Diasec 150 cm. diameter, Ed. 5
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Dem Deutschen Volke, 2011 (detail) C-print, Diasec 150 cm. diameter, Ed. 5
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Dem Deutschen Volke, 2011 C-print, Diasec 150 cm. diameter, Ed. 5
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Memory Portrait, 2013 C-print on Duraclear, manually cut & meshed, 60 x 80 cm. Ed. 2
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Claustrophobic Portrait, 2013 C-print on Duraclear, manually cut & meshed, 60 x 80 cm. Ed. 2
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Mask Portrait, 2013 C-print on Duraclear, manually cut & meshed, 60 x 80 cm. Ed. 2
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Nose Portrait, 2013 (detail) C-print on Duraclear, manually cut & meshed, 60 x 80 cm. Ed. 2
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Nose Portrait, 2013 C-print on Duraclear, manually cut & meshed, 60 x 80 cm. Ed. 2
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Colour Portrait, 2013, C-print on Duraclear, manually cut & meshed, 60 x 80 cm. Ed. 2
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Peering Portrait, 2013 C-print on Duraclear, manually cut & meshed, 60 x 80 cm. Ed. 2
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Dream Monument I, 2012 Duraclear print, manually cut & meshed, 110 x 130 cm.
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Dream Monument II, 2012 Duraclear print, manually cut & meshed, 110 x 130 cm.
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Discretion of the Mask, 2012 C-print on Fujiclear, manually cut & meshed, 130 x 110 cm. Ed. 5
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Karnevalgaze, 2012 C-print on Fujiclear, manually cut & meshed, 130 x 110 cm. Ed. 5
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Panorama II, 2013 Hahnem端hle cotton paper, White archive carton, 100 x 100 x 100 cm, Unique
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Panorama II, 2013 Hahnem端hle cotton paper, White archive carton, 100 x 100 x 100 cm, Unique
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN France, 2012 C-print, 680 thin nails, 148 x 124 cm. Framed
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Norway, 2012 C-print, 680 thin nails, 124 x 89 cm. Framed
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Europe, 2012 C-print, Diasec, 116 x 250 cm, Ed. 5
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Germany, 2012 C-print, 680 thin nails, wooden frame, 140 x 80 cm, Ed. 5
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN Switzerland, 2012 C-print, thin nails, wooden frame, 108 x 63 cm, Ed. 5
CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN BORN 1978 / DENMARK / LIVES AND WORKS IN ZURICH, SWITZERLAND EDUCATION: 2002-2004 Master in photography, Royal College of Art, London, UK 1999-2002 First Class Degree, BA Honours, Byam Shaw School of Art, London, UK SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2013 Volta 9, Art Basel, Switzerland, Presented by Galleri Christoffer Egelund 2012 Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark 2012 Galerie Mu?ller, Luzern, Switzerland 2011 Galerie im Zöpfli, Luzern, Switzerland 2010 No Man‘s Centre, Gallery F5, Luzern, Switzerland SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2013 Showroom, Kunsthalle Luzern, Switzerland 2012 Stadtflucht, Kunstraum Teiggi, Kriens, Switzerland 2012 Summertime, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark 2011 Xmas, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, group show, Copenhagen, Denmark 2011 Summertime, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark 2010 Xmas, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, group show, Copenhagen, Denmark 2010 Forårsudstillingen 2010, group show, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark 2009 Apnea Festival, group show, Pesaro, Italy 2009 Forårsudstillingen 2009, group show, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark 2008 Politikens Forhal, group show in Copenhagen, Denmark 2008 Forårsudstillingen 2008, group show, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
SELECTEDPRIZES & GRANTS: 2009 Arbejdslegat, Kunstfonden, Copenhagen, Denmark 2008 Nominated for Politikens Talentpris 2004 Thames & Hudson Art Book Prize, UK COLLECTIONS: Bain & Company LB Collection TPR-Group ORNAMENTS In the Ornaments series, triangular photo-fragments of parliaments are digitally mirrored to form hexagonal patterns reminiscent of honeycombs or kaleidoscopes. In every hexagonal cell, one discerns tiny politicians running their country. The spherical illusion created by the patterns heightens the images‘ sense of autonomy. The series turns parliaments into selfreferential systems, in which, as in ‘art for art’s sake’, politics is practiced for the sake of politics. Two separate illusions of depth are formed in an Ornaments image: on first sight, one sees a flat pattern that appears to be projected onto a sphere. On closer examination, however, the pattern turns out to be constructed from a photograph which has its own illusion of depth.
VOLTA 9 | ART BASEL | 10.06.-15.06.2013 BOOTH C20 | SOLO SHOW | CHRISTOFFER JOERGENSEN ALL INQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT: CHRISTOFFER EGELUND | PHONE +45 26272871 OR EMAIL CE@CHRISTOFFEREGELUND.DK
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