Press release
It is a pleasure to present the first solo show with Tove Storch in
the gallery. We cordially invite you to the preview on Friday November
16th from 5-8 pm. The exhibition will be open in the period November
17th – December 22nd 2007.
In the dark gallery space, illuminated objects on the walls and the
floor stand out in shimmering gold and primary blue, yellow and red. A
huge stone is placed in front of the entrance and only when walking
around it, its hollow shape becomes visible. The massive volume is a
shell, a mere surface. A yellow, metallic volume leans against the wall
but looking closely it is a flat wooden board with the rendering of a
volume projected onto it. A large iron pipe is really a print on paper
and falls softly on the floor. Three large folded papers look more
crumpled than they really are and a bouquet of flowers stands on the
floor. Or does it?
Tove Storch investigates the process of creating shapes. But not in the
usual sense. Using movement, shadows and projected renderings of
volumes on flat surfaces, her sculptures lie in a new area between the
physical and the imaginary. The perception of volume is an illusion in
the surface of things. Like the membrane of Japanese paper, strechted
over a light wooden construction with a virtual two dimensional cube
projected onto it. The hollow cube tricks your eyes and appears solid –
even though its sides don’t match perfectly. The construction reveals
itself.
The discrepancy between media, matter and motif is accentuating the
complex relationship between what you think you see and what’s actually
present. The relationship between work and material deals with
fragility and the fact that things are not what they seem. The staging
of light and shadow, the shining golden cloth and the flower bouquet
makes you think of contemporary trompe l’oeils, visual illusory tricks
that deal with the constitution of sculptural presence.
Tove Storch (b. 1981) graduated from the Royal Danish Art Academy in
Copenhagen summer 2007. She lives and works in Copenhagen and Vienna
and is educated from the Art Academy in Copenhagen, Akademi der
Bildende Künste in Vienna and Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee in
Berlin. Tove Storch currently participates in the group show
Skulpturi.dk in Sydhavnen, Copenhagen, November 17th 2007 – January
12th 2008. Future shows include a solo show at Overgaden Institute of
Contemporary Art, Copenhagen in the fall 2008.
The exhibition has been supported by The Danish Art Council.
