Movement As Sculpture When Wanås Celebrates 30 Years
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Press Release November 24, 2016 Movement as Sculpture when Wanås Celebrates 30 Years The exhibition program at Wanås is turning 30 in 2017, and the celebration marks the passage of time – a movement from then until now. With the feature exhibition of 2017, SculptureMotion, The Wanås Foundation highlights sculpture in motion and sculpture that invites action. Ground-breaking American choreographer William Forsythe (USA) serves as our point of departure, participants in SculptureMotion include Carolina Falkholt (SE), Henrik Plenge Jakobsen (DK), Sonia Khurana (IN), Éva Mag (SE) and others. SculptureMotion opens on May 7, 2017, with works both outside and in the Art Gallery. The sculpture park with over 60 site-specific works is open daily all year round. The Art Gallery opens on April 13, 2017 with the exhibition Revisit 1987 – an in-depth study of photographs, films, and archival material that turns back the time to the first art exhibition at Wanås in 1987. 1. William Forsythe, Nowhere and Everywhere at the Same Time No 3, 2015. Photo: Dominik Mentzos. 2. William Forsythe. Photo: Dominik Mentzos. 3. Sonia Khurana, portrait. Photo: Manisha Gera. 4. Carolina Falkholt, portrait. Photo: Claudia Fried. 5. Éva Mag, Film stills session 2 May 2014: Stand up. I said stand up! Photo: Éva Mag. SculptureMotion The exhibition SculptureMotion investigates motion in art today, from moving objects to movement as a social action and experiences beyond the visual. Pioneering American choreographer William Forsythe’s art practice serves as a starting point for the exhibition. His choreographic work has been shown all over the world, and he has influenced generations of dancers. In his expansive oeuvre, he has worked increasingly with installations and choreographic objects in dialogue with the contemporary art scene. Forsythe creates new artworks outdoors, and his Nowhere and Everywhere at the Same Time will now be premiering in Sweden. In the park, we also encounter a large-scale sculpture by Carolina Falkholt, and a work by Henrik Plenge Jakobsen that uses history as its point of departure. In the Art Gallery, stillness and activity converge in works by Sonia Khurana and Éva Mag. The exhibition theme emphasizes the relationship between sculpture and motion as well as the interest in participation that has been central to The Wanås Foundation’s program since 2011. Artists such as Alexander Calder and Jean Tinguely investigated movement and sculpture in the 1950s and 1960s and Moderna Museet in Stockholm presented Movement in Art in 1961, a touring exhibition focusing on mechanics and machinery. The artworks in SculptureMotion at Wanås examine sculpture and bodies by placing movement in focus and asking the questions, what are contemporary working methods and concerns and what does movement mean today? SculptureMotion With: William Forsythe (USA/DE), Carolina Falkholt (SE), Henrik Plenge Jakobsen (DK), Sonia Khurana (IN), Éva Mag (SE), special performance weekend June 17 – 18, 2017 with Mammalian Diving Reflex (CAN/DE) Public Opening: Sunday, May 7, 2017 SculptureMotion Exhibition Period: May 7-November 5, 2017 …………………………………………………. Upcoming Revisit 1987 Opens in the Art Gallery Easter 2017 The exhibition season opens already on April 13 with Revisit 1987. That year marked the first art exhibition at Wanås, and now, 30 years later, there is a permanent collection comprised of 60 artworks. But what did the first exhibition look like? Through an in- depth look at archival material such as photographs, films, we turn back time to 1987. Revisit 1987 Public Opening: Friday, April 14, 2017 Exhibition Period: April 14 – September 24, 2017 ………………………………………………….. Ongoing Outdoor Season at the Wanås Foundation – Wanås Konst: November 7, 2016 – April 12, 2017 The sculpture park with the collection is open daily from 8am – 7am. Café, Art Gallery, Shop, and Deli are closed. ……………………………………………………….. Wanås Konst/The Wanås Foundation Wanås, SE-289 90 Knislinge, Sweden www.wanaskonst.se For more information, please contact: Sofia Bertilsson, Media & Communications +46 733 86 68 20, [email protected] http://www.wanas.se Pressroom: http://news.cision.com/se/wanas-konst (photos for download available here) The Wanås Konst Center for Art and Education produces and brings together art that challenges and transforms our view of society. Wanås Konst produces site-specific, contemporary international art and education with an emphasis on innovation and accessibility. Wanås is a place in the world where art, nature, and history meet. Wanås includes a medieval castle, an organic farm, a picturesque sculpture park, and an Art Gallery, and is located in southern Sweden 1,5 h from Malmö/Copenhagen. Spring 2017 Wanås Restaurant Hotel opens on the premises. Contemporary, site-specific installations by internationally established artists have been exhibited and produced at Wanås since 1987. The permanent collection in the sculpture park includes over fifty works that have been created specifically for Wanås Konst by artists like Ann Hamilton, Jenny Holzer, Yoko Ono, and Ann-Sofi Sidén, among others. Each year, thousands of children take part in educational activities such as guided tours and workshops. Wanås Konst is run by the Wanås Foundation. The organization was founded by Marika Wachtmeister, who initiated the exhibitions in 1987. Wanås is in the municipality of Östra Göinge in north-eastern Skåne, one and a half hours from Malmö/Copenhagen. Since 2011, Wanås has been operated under the joint direction of Elisabeth Millqvist and Mattias Givell. Wanås is a member of the European Land + Art Network (ELAN) and is a Long Run Destination—leading in sustainable development in the tourism industry, local development and cultural preservation. This means that Wanås is a global Ecosphere Retreats ® certified Long Run Destination. Wanås works toward sustainable development, chiefly within the tourism industry, but also for social development and management of cultural heritage. Read more at www.wanaskonst.se. .