Group Exhibition at Vermilion Sands Explores Gentrification Through Architecture and Alienation
From May 5 to June 16, 2018, the artist-run gallery Vermilion Sands in Copenhagen's Nørrebro district presented the group show 'Uptown High Rise No. 2'. The exhibition showcased creations by Mette Hammer Juhl, Lorenzo Tebano, Henning Lundkvist, Tessa Lynch, Asta Lynge, and Heine Thorhauge Mathiasen. The exhibition's title alludes to J.G. Ballard's 1975 novel 'High-Rise' and the nearby Nordbro student housing. Mathiasen's piece 'butternutbottomup. betternot' (2018) features reclaimed desktops, while Lynch's 'Umbrellas (Remembered)' (2016) includes welded metal frames and a video. Lundkvist's work 'Old Plans' (2018) consists of exhibition maps and a publication, and Juhl and Tebano's video 'Are you still here' (2018) examines urban alienation and displacement during car journeys.
Key facts
- Exhibition ran from May 5 to June 16, 2018
- Held at Vermilion Sands gallery in Copenhagen's Nørrebro district
- Features works by six artists: Mette Hammer Juhl, Lorenzo Tebano, Henning Lundkvist, Tessa Lynch, Asta Lynge, Heine Thorhauge Mathiasen
- Title references J.G. Ballard's 'High-Rise' novel and Nordbro student housing complex
- Nordbro represents luxury student housing and neighborhood gentrification
- Includes sculpture, video, installation, and publication works
- Themes include urban alienation, architecture, and displacement
- Gallery opened in 2016 and is named after J.G. Ballard's 1971 story collection
Entities
Artists
- Mette Hammer Juhl
- Lorenzo Tebano
- Henning Lundkvist
- Tessa Lynch
- Asta Lynge
- Heine Thorhauge Mathiasen
- J.G. Ballard
- Jacques Rancière
Institutions
- Vermilion Sands
- ArtReview
- Nordbro
Locations
- Copenhagen
- Denmark
- Nørrebro