Autumn is the in-between of time. Not quite an ending, not quite a beginning, but a breath between two verses. Days when the light slowly withdraws, while the colours grow sharper, almost burning in their farewell. The air is clear, cool, and holds both stillness and expectation. In this field of tension, the world seems to pause – and yet continue – where everything that falls carries a promise, and everything that is gathered holds seeds for what is to come.

In Danish, it is called efterår – a time after, when nature lets go, but in its retreat opens space for growth and remembrance. In Norwegian, it is called høst – a time to gather, preserve, and prepare. Between the words, a space emerges where dissolution and abundance, loss and ripening can exist side by side. Here, we step into nature’s cycle and feel our own vulnerability mirrored in its movement.

The artists in this exhibition work precisely within this in-between. They explore the cycles of materials, their ability to transform and be transformed, to hold on to the fleeting and open up to new meanings. Nature appears not as a backdrop, but as an active participant – as raw material, memory, and resonance chamber. In the works, the relationship between the ephemeral and the enduring is negotiated, between body and landscape, between memory and moment. This is an art that lets the rhythm of autumn seep into forms, colours, and surfaces – an art that asks how we ourselves are embedded in the world we seek to hold, understand, or change.

Shared among them is the recognition that nature does not merely surround us, but flows through us and shapes us. It is both a source of vulnerability and possibility, both necessity and inspiration. Autumn reminds us that change is inevitable – and that art, in this transitional space, can open a room for reflection, perception, and new beginnings.

Ann Iren Buan, Kari Dyrdal, Marit Tingleff, Ask Bjørlo, Pauliina Pöllänen, Aslaug Juliussen, Carl Emil Jacobsen, Monica Flakk, Lene Bødker

Curated by Henriette Noermark

EFTERÅR / AUTUMN

Kuratert av Henriette Noermark

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