AFGANG 2010 – MFA Degree Show @ Kunsthal Charlottenborg

INDEX

1.
First edition of Simone de Beauvoir “The Second Sex” in Danish, vol. 1-3,
Gyldendals Forlagstrykkeri, 1965, mounted to the wall of Kunsthal
Charlottenborg.

Simone de Beauvoir Le deuxième sexe, 1949

The book was acquired by the artist’s mother in 1997 and given as a gift to the artist the same year.
The book on display is a replacement, purchased this year in an antique bookstore. The copy is of the same edition and year as the original copy of the artist.

2.
Lit studio backdrop, Photo Studio Charlottenborg, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 2010

3.
Photocopy of the lifestudy “Female Model Undressing”, 1844 by C.W. Eckersberg, private collection.
Photocopy of the lifestudy “Female Model Undressing”, 1844 by C.W. Eckersberg, private collection.
Photocopy of the lifestudy “Female Model Undressing”, 1844 by C.W. Eckersberg, private collection.

C.W. Eckersberg, prof. the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, 1818-53

The three copies carry visible marks from being copied, as well as signs of damage from being stabled to the wall of the artist’s studio for several years.

4.
Beach cloth with fish motif, origin unknown, ca. 1979. Courtesy of the artist’s mother.
The beach cloth used to belong to the artist’s mother, who wore it both as a light dress in the summertime and used it as a blanket, when the family went to the beach. The artist remembers her fascination with this article of clothing and her desire to possess it herself.

5.
Philosophy book by Justus Hartnack “Filosofiske problemer og filosofiske argumentationer”, Gyldendals Forlagstrykkeri, 5. edition, 1966.
Not Shown.
Purchased by the artist’s mother in the year of publication, lent to the artist in 1991.
The book is a survey of the history of philosophy from antiquity to the year of publication. It carries visible signs of use in the form of handwritten remarks and underlinings from various types of pens, including ballpoint in the colours blue, red and black.