ALBERT GRØNDAHL
ABSALON KIRKEBY
HELENE KOCH

AUGUST 21ST - OCTOBER 2ND 2010

Fotografisk Center has yet again the pleasure of presenting Young Danish Photography, the 11th in the series. An exhibition series and book that has as its primary aim to present, produce and promote photography among a younger generation of artists in Denmark. Not only to focus on the newer tendencies in photography, but rather to create a qualitative forum for young photographers and artists.

Albert Grondahl [* 1985] presents us with an alternative universe: An amalgamation of mask-clad people, animated portraits and shaken pictures. He has created this "flow" of black and white photographs that are mainly dark, almost melancholy and unapproachable in essence. The images exist in a sort of vacuum, not knowing where they are coming from or going to and bereft of any beginning or ending.

Absalon Kirkeby [* 1983] also works with the serial, organic process. There, where his first book "Pseudo" from 2009, ends, this new series begins. Absalon Kirkeby's universe is a more recognizable one and does not let the viewer doubt, to the same extent, its content: Here is a stone in front of a factory building, here is the back of a chair, etc. But the meaning slips away and is lost in the constant "flow" of more or less abstract and figurative images. The colors in their finely tuned sophistication reveal an abrupt elemental beauty that seems to have nothing in common. It's the voyeur's job to take these photographs and bring them together, almost in defiance and yet make it all work. And it does.

Helene Koch's [* 1979] series describes 7 "empty" public spaces in New York City. But it's only when we have browsed the entire series that we realize that there are no people to be seen and also that in every photograph their exists one white element. The pattern continues, in such crowded places as New York's Times Square and even in Grand Central Station, the city's main railway station and a symbol of the hectic life of the city.

'Young Danish Photography 2010' has received funding from The Danish Arts Council.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition: Young Danish Photography 2010
ISBN 978-87-90362-45-4, DKK 150,-

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