Gerðarsafn, Kópavogur Art Museum
Fora
June 3 – September 17, 2023
Forum II, the second square, is in the museum’s west gallery; there we see a different setting, time and scale. Between the two galleries lies a bridge that separates the worlds or bridges time. When taking the bridge, from the dapper Roman square to something that could be the relics of the future, we remember that all empires of the past have collapsed. People’s world view as well. There we see a scene on a smaller scale than our bodies are accustomed to. Here we can imagine a kind of miniature sculpture garden, a mini forum with a manmade mountain range on a wall. The ruins of a world that has yet to be created and then pass. Landscape rendered in hard, but beautiful glass, because what is real can no longer be seen. Or maybe it doesn’t exist anymore.
The difference in scale between the galleries could also indicate that on one side we are human, even weak, but on the other side we have a more divine viewpoint, if only halfway, as if we are being reminded that we are not almighty after all. The ruins suggest to us that our downfall, just like Icarus’s, was brought on by our exaggerated faith in ourselves, in science and that it would solve all our problems. Or we could avoid sacrificing anything. But the sacrifice brings humility. With sacrifice, we submit to someone other than ourselves. Give in instead of bowing.
First and foremost, Rósa’s art evokes impressions, offers a new point of view and enables us to view things in a layered, complex manner. Creates an opportunity to stop and ponder. When we have viewed the exhibition, the fundamental question remains: What have we sacrificed? (Text by Brynja Sveinsdóttir and Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir).
Relics of the Future: Postapocalyptic Sculpture Garden (eight small sculptures, plaster, height 25 – 60 cm) 2023, Landscape in glass (colored glass and maple frames, length 13 m) 2023
Relics of the Future: Postapocalyptic Sculpture Garden (eight small sculptures, plaster, height 25 – 60 cm) 2023, Landscape in glass (colored glass and maple frames, length 13 m) 2023
Relics of the Future: Postapocalyptic Sculpture Garden (eight small sculptures, plaster, height 25 – 60 cm) 2023, Landscape in glass, sterilized mountain view from Gerðarsafn (colored glass and maple frames, length 13 m) 2023
Relics of the Future: Ruins of the present, two deserted houses with mystical light (wooden frame, gypsum boards, plaster, colored glass, height 80 – 90 cm) 2023, Landscape in glass, sterilized mountain view from Gerðarsafn, (colored glass and maple frames, length 13 m) 2023 (detail)
Relics of the Future: Ruins of the present, two deserted houses with mystical light (wooden frame, gypsum boards, plaster, colored glass, height 80 – 90 cm) 2023 (detail)
Relics of the Future: Ruins of the present, two deserted houses with mystical light (wooden frame, gypsum boards, plaster, colored glass, height 80 – 90 cm) 2023, Postapocalyptic Sculpture Garden (eight small sculptures, plaster, height 25 – 60 cm) 2023 (detail)
Relics of the Future: Postapocalyptic Sculpture Garden (eight small sculptures, plaster, height 25 – 60 cm) 2023 (detail)
Relics of the Future: Ruins of the present, two deserted houses with mystical light (wooden frame, gypsum boards, plaster, colored glass, height 80 – 90 cm) 2023, Postapocalyptic Sculpture Garden (eight small sculptures, plaster, height 25 – 60 cm) 2023 (detail)
Relics of the Future: Postapocalyptic Sculpture Garden (eight small sculptures, plaster, height 25 – 60 cm) 2023 (detail)
Relics of the Future: Ruins of the present, two deserted houses with mystical light (wooden frame, gypsum boards, plaster, colored glass, height 80 – 90 cm) 2023, Postapocalyptic Sculpture Garden (eight small sculptures, plaster, height 25 – 60 cm) 2023 (detail)
Relics of the Future: Ruins of the present, two deserted houses with mystical light (wooden frame, gypsum boards, plaster, colored glass, height 80 – 90 cm) 2023, Postapocalyptic Sculpture Garden (eight small sculptures, plaster, height 25 – 60 cm) 2023 (detail)
Relics of the Future: Postapocalyptic Sculpture Garden (eight small sculptures, plaster, height 25 – 60 cm) 2023 (detail)
Relics of the Future: Landscape in glass (colored glass and maple frames, 13 m) 2023, Ruins of the present, two deserted houses with mystical light (wooden frame, gypsum boards, plaster, colored glass, height 80 – 90 cm) 2023, Postapocalyptic Sculpture Garden (eight small sculptures, plaster, height 25 – 60 cm) 2023
Relics of the Future: Landscape in glass (colored glass and maple frames, length 13 m) 2023 (detail)
ReRelics of the Future: Landscape in glass (colored glass and maple frames, length 13 m) 2023
Relics of the Future: Ruins of the present, two deserted houses with mystical light (wooden frame, gypsum boards, plaster, colored glass, height 80 – 90 cm) 2023, Postapocalyptic Sculpture Garden (eight small sculptures, plaster, height 25 – 60 cm) 2023 (detail)
Relics of the Future: Ruins of the present, two deserted houses with mystical light (wooden frame, gypsum boards, plaster, colored glass, height 80 – 90 cm) 2023 (detail)
Relics of the Future: Landscape in glass (colored glass and maple frames, length 13 m) 2023
Relics of the Future: Landscape in glass (colored glass and maple frames, length 13 m) 2023 (detail)
Relics of the Future: Landscape in glass (colored glass and maple frames, length 13 m) 2023 (detail)
Relics of the Future: Landscape in glass (colored glass and maple frames, length 13 m) 2023 (detail)
Relics of the Future: Landscape in glass (colored glass and maple frames, length 13 m) 2023
Relics of the Future: Postapocalyptic Sculpture Garden (eight small sculptures, plaster, height 25 – 60 cm), Landscape in glass (colored glass and maple frames, length 13 m) 2023