MOON SKIN LUCID WALK
– an exhibition with Kirstine Roepstoff, Evren Tekinoktay and Carol Rama
On Friday January 9th Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art opens its doors to the exhibition MOON SKIN LUCID WALK with three women artists, each with their own distinctive visual language. We have invited the Danish artists Kirstine Roepstorff and Evren Tekinoktay and the Italian artist Carol Rama to exhibit together for the first time. With Roepstorff and Tekinoktay, both born in 1972, and Rama, who was born in 1918, the exhibition presents a significant area of contemporary art, which also looks back at the work of Rama as a key forerunner.
Despite the differences between the individual artists, an affinity between their works can clearly be sensed. Not necessarily an affinity that can be defined, but one that becomes immediately apparent when their works are exhibited together. For all three artists, tactility and materiality are central elements in their works, which move from the seductive, powerful and expressive, to the delicately sensual. Another shared aspect of their work is the use of collage, appropriation, a highly personal use of colour and – especially for Tekinoktay and Rama – a focus on the theme of gender. All three artists make the sensual significant and express something intellectually meaningful in a bodily appealing and visually captivating form.
MOON SKIN LUCID WALK is a presentation of the art of Roepstorff and Tekinoktay, accompanied by the compelling and unconventional universe of Carol Rama. The exhibition serves as a reminder of the potential held by the material and tactile aspects of art at a time when contemporary art is often seen (and is criticised) as being highly conceptual and idea-based in its approach and form. The exhibition represents a happy reunion with Roepstorff and Tekinoktay exploring new expressive forms, and a new encounter for most with the art of Carol Rama.