Exhibitions

European Glass Context 2021 Exhibitions

2 large curated exhibitions at the Bornholm Art Museum and Grønbechs Gård will showcase the best of European glass. The exhibitions are curated with personal invitations, as well as an open call, where individual artists, artists associations, individual curators, artists, designers and crafts makers working with glass applied for participation.

A curator group of 7 glass professionals made the final selection of 62 artists representing 31 European countries. Deadline is now closed and we do not accept applications.

Four underlying categories will shape the exhibitions. By setting a contemporary framework, we want to put together two exhibitions that will largely reflect significant and new works, as well as the innovative, activist, experimental and sustainable trends in European glass.

Site-specific installation projects or works: could be with reference to Bornholm. 

UN Sustainability Goals: works based on one or more of the UN's sustainability goals.

Craft: unique master pieces and contemporary objects.

Social or political practices: works or processes originating from social or political practices.

At Gudhjem Museum, art, history and nature come together in one place. A beautiful, protected station building from 1916 houses exhibitions with a local-historical theme. 

In a newer, spacious and light exhibition building from 1990, continually changing arts and crafts exhibitions are presented. In front of the museum there is a small sculpture garden, which leads down to a field of 1,5 hectares, which in 2021 was made into a butterfly habitat with wild plants. 

The exhibition “Glass from Bornholm” shows the high quality and great variation of contemporary glass art on Bornholm. Six artists show their works, which have been made with different techniques and with different forms of artistic expression. 

Venue address: Gudhjem Museum, Stationsvej 1, 3760 Gudhjem
Title: Glass from Bornholm
Opening Date: 11th September – 22nd October
Opening Hours: Thursday – Sunday  13.00 – 17.00
Name of participants: Baltic Sea Glass, GERNER JAHNCKE, Mai-Britt Zelmer Olsen, Mia Lerssi, Pernille Bülow, Svend Holst-Pedersen
Website: www.gudhjemmuseum.dk
Admission: Dkk 50,- young people under 18 get in for free

During the exhibition ‘Glass on the Edge of Craft - Challenging the Material’ the gallery presents new works by Morten Klitgaard, Pernille Braun Per-René Larsen, Ida Wieth, Anett Biliczki

Køppe Contemporary Objects is a gallery and presentation platform for sculptural objects at the intersection of art and crafts. Køppe cooperates closely with a group of artists who share an interest in the inherent possibilities of materials and the historical qualities associated with traditional crafts and techniques. The artists share a passion for exploring the meaning of objects in relation to function and iconography. Another common feature of their work is their focus on combining tradition with interpretation and experimentation to create works that hold contemporary relevance.

Venue address: Køppe Contemporary Objects
Exhibition period: Sep 9th - Oct 24th 2021.
Name of participants: Per-Rene’ Larsen, Pernille Braun, Anett Biliczki, Ida Wieth and Morten Klitgaard
Website: www.contemporary-objects.com

FORCES. A group exhibition within the fields of glass and ceramics. 

Venue Adress: Matter - House of Craft Nordre Strandvej 2 3730 Nexø 
Title: FORCES
Opening Date: September 10th 2021 at 8 pm. 
Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 11 - 16 Sat 10 - 14 
Name of participants: Pernille Braun (DK) Bjørn Friborg (DK) Alexandru Murar (RO) Christina Schou Christensen (DK) Alexander Kirkeby (DK) Petra Dalström (SE) George William Bell (UK/US) Maj-Britt Zelmer Olsen (DK) Sarah Oakman (DK) 
Website: Instagram: @matter_houseofcraft 
Admission: No admission