Author: Karen Land Hansen

Format Artspace and Ibsens Hotel host their annual group exhibition One Size Fits All. I am participating with the work ‘Blæk Bot’, in woodcut and collage.

The Sea Is a Treasure, my site-specific videoinstallation for Byrum Church, is exhibited as part of the annual Light in the Dark event on Læsø.

With two large member exhibitions, Danske Grafikere and Grafiska Sällskapet focus on the art of printmaking and cultural exchange. Under the headline CONTOUR, the artists unfold a wealth of printmaking idioms and techniques we rarely see together. Danske Grafikere hosts the first exhibition, where 188 artists from Grafiska Sällskapet show their work in The DG’s gallery in Sølvgade 14, Copenhagen.

Dream of Ocean/ Sunrise on the Sea, is an international exhibition at The Nordic Contemporary Art Center in Xiamen, which features ocean-themed works by 33 artists. The artists come from China, Denmark, Sweden, the United States, the Philippines, Germany, Armenia, Thailand and Australia. The exhibition runs from November 2nd, 2024, to February 28th, 2025.

The large sculpture Floating Seabed Expanded is being carefully transported to Zhangzhou, by The Nordic Contemporary Art Center in Xiamen, China. Here it will be re-installed for future exhibitions. The work was originally made for the exhibitions Art in Social Space and Sensing The Sea, at the art center in the Spring and Summer of 2024.

 A video- and sound installation in Byrum Kirke, on the Island of Læsø. The installation will be shown as part of Læsø Art Festival, from 8-11 pm on Wednesday 24th to Friday 26th. ‘The Sea Is a Treasure’ 2024: Woodcut, collage and watercolour by Karen Land Hansen. Animation and sound by Niels Plenge. The exhibition is curated by Art historian Rikke Villadsen. Many thanks to Grosserer L. F. Foghts Foundation, Elizabeth Brænnstrøm Jacobson, Karsten Neve Petersen, Rikke Villadsen and Niels Plenge.

A handpan music concert recently took place in front of my art work Floating Seabed, at the exhibition Art in Social Space. The musicians who played the handpan instruments eloquently are Shen-Ning Huang and Xiao-Lie Yuan. The paintings are by Tong Wang.

Fujian Southeast Satellite TV has produced a TV documentary about the exhibition Art in Social Space. The documentary can be viewed at their website.

Curated by Tine Hecht-Pedersen and Lan Lan with the academic support from Else Marie Bukdahl. Thanks so much to GEUS for the collaboration, to the Danish Art Workshops, to The Danish Arts Foundation and to PMH systems.