AVPD: New Works
It is a pleasure to present the Danish artist group AVPD’s second solo show New Works in the gallery. The exhibition period is September 8th – October 27th 2007.
AVPD present works with point of departure in our perception of time
and space as well as the relationship between surface and spatiality.
Whereas AVPD’s larger installations distort the viewer’s sense of
orientation, this exhibition contains small and large sculptural works
on floor and walls.
A special phenomena occurs by AVPD’s use of translucent acrylic fronts
on white boxes with variable inner spaces. The acrylic refracts the
light that naturally shines through it, throws it into the inner space
of the box as a diffuse light. Not being able to see the inner space of
the box, the viewer perceives a reflection of its volume in the acrylic
in the form of a two dimensional, vibrant, monochrome spatial surface.
AVPD’s objects are related to especially Donald Judd’s Minimalism in
their consequent and strict expression. Where Judd worked with a static
form, AVPD use temporality and the gallery’s architecture as an
important context for the works. Not only are some of the works site
specific, but also the day light is defining for the monochrome
surfaces of the works. With various light intensities, dependent on the
inner volumes, the works show us different shades of grey – a lighter
grey during the day and a darker one at night. The objects are
therefore fluctuating and variable, related to James Turrell’s work
with light and space. AVPD let the colour of the objects be an
expression of the empty inner volume as a reflection of the void. A
simple, coloured square that nods to Malevich’s Black Square.
At once concrete, physical and simple and yet abstract and perceptual
at the same time. AVPD unite surface with volume, concrete space and
imaginary space, form and perception.
The exhibition is part of AVPD’s work with the constellation
subject/object/context and the relationship between spatial and
temporal structures. AVPD consist of Aslak Vibæk (b. 1974) and Peter
Døssing (b. 1974) who have worked together since 1997. Earlier
exhibitions include Double Exposure (solo), Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, Copenhagen and The Balcony, (solo), Danish Design Center, both 2007; Exportable Goods, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna and Trial Balloons, MUSAC, Spain, both 2006. In October 2007 AVPD will participate in the public art project Agorafolly
at the Europaliafestival in Brussels and in a group show at MoA, Museum
of Art, Seoul National University in Korea and in February 2008 in the
exhibition Super Structures in Saigon, Vietnam. AVPD have been invited to show a permanent installation in Karriere
which is a new bar with site specific art, opening in Copenhagen
November 2007. AVPD currently work on the architecture competion Superkilen, in collaboration with Henning Larsens Tegnestue.
