Johanne Skovbo Lasgaard shows a series of snapshots and watercolor postcards sent from Amalfi to the gallery over the summer, like the rituals we all do to witness our own ‘been there – done that’ to keep a souvenir from our holidays. These objects are paths into our memory and emotions, thus our body and consciousness lean on the material outcome. In basic materials and well recognizable objects Lasgaard highlights the signification between her personal childhood memories and our collective cultural tales. With an interest in the ornaments of popular culture and their relations, Ice Cream Zombie Days is formed by a series of paperworks, an oversized t-shirt and castings of pool floats of a hashtag and leaves in papier maché, that shapes like giant newspaper boats.
The sculptures all relate to the body, our rituals and sensual relations. Pool floats are items we use to keep ourselves flooded and relaxed in the pool or on the beach. At the same time, the sculptures take the shape from icons or symbolic objects in the mainstream culture. A potential transformation of the essence arises when translating or aligning text and image, upscale the size of them, and putting the icons in a new context. The sculptures are given their own logic, and they are to be perceived by the material’s own inherent quality.
We are looking forward to welcoming you to Johanne Skovbo Lasgaard’s Ice Cream Zombie Days. Opening reception on Friday 28th September 2018, at 5-7 PM. The exhibition runs through Saturday 3rd November.
Johanne Skovbo Lasgaard is born in 1985 in Denmark. She graduated MFA in 2013 at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. With Lasgaard the materiality itself is the narrative. Through the physical experience she maintains continuity in her practice, arising from a focus on the process, the repetition and on a material sensibility. Her practice is formed as a series of events that characterize the recent year or years. Her works are like personal memories. Dynamic objects that can be reversed, get re-titled, or melt and re-appear in new contexts – like sour dough for any future works and projects.