GUILLAUME BIJL
2016-06-13Playing with the intersection between reality and fiction, Bijl uses context, pairing the expected and the unexpected, to create situations in which we are challenged to examine our own understanding of normality and how things are connected.
The exhibition follows his practice through installation and sculptural work, with one such largescale installation occupying a full room of the gallery. Within this installation, the viewer is presented with the real and the non real. A stage stands on one end of the room, chairs and a judges table facing it. There are neons and spotlights, glittering curtains, palm trees and light
music plays in the background. A sign floating on the stage reads “Miss Copenhagen Beauty”. The installation is completely immersive, sweeping up the viewer in the drama and the theatrical nature of the work. Standing on the precipice of fiction and truth, the viewer is left with a sense of tension and impending reality—is Miss Copenhagen Beauty a fictitious mirage, or will we see a winner be crowned?
Opposite – Composition Trouvée (2008)
Exhibition runs through till July 30th, 2016
Galleri Nicolai Wallner
Ny Carlsberg Vej 68
1760 Copenhagen
Denmark
