{"id":23378,"date":"2022-03-14T16:16:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T14:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/?p=23378"},"modified":"2022-07-23T15:17:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T13:17:17","slug":"cassandras-sisters-painters-of-the-future-lift-the-curse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/cassandras-sisters-painters-of-the-future-lift-the-curse\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassandra\u2019s Sisters \u2013 Painters of the Future Lift the Curse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PressCassandra\u2019s Sisters \u2013 Painters of the Future Lift the Curse<\/a>
\nat the Round Tower, Library Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
\nExhibition dates: 30th April – 16th June, 2022
\nCurated by: Henriette Hellstern<\/a> and Anna Walther
\nVernissage: 29th April 4-7pm<\/p>\n

Tower Talk: Meet founders and curators Henriette Hellstern and Anna Walther in conversation with artists from the exhibition May 4th 5pm<\/p>\n

The group exhibition [Kassandras s\u00f8stre – fremtidens malere h\u00e6ver forbandelsen] \/ Cassandra\u2019s Sisters – Painters of the Future Lift the Curse<\/em> opens on Saturday 30 th April. 15 contemporary female artists have created diverse works within painting \u2013 in a broad sense, virtuoso, and pastose, and with the mythological character Cassandra<\/em> as a central figure. The exhibition is a tribute to painting, a sisterhood of solidarity, and a reinterpretation of Cassandra\u2019s destiny.<\/p>\n

The painting has been deemed in and out of fashion, been said to be stone-dead or alive and kicking. Female artists have mostly been suppressed and barred from art history and academies. However, increased focus and initiative suggest a disruption and a breakthrough for contemporary female artists \u2013 as well as those, who have been written out of art history. Now, art history is up for debate. The curators are on a mission when they invite reinterpretations of the Greek myth of Cassandra.<\/p>\n

A selection of 15 contemporary female artists have been invited to create works relating to the theme of \u2018truth and consequence\u2019, taking the myth of Cassandra as a starting point. Cassandra was an attractive princess and was given the gift of prophecy by the god Apollo. However, Apollo expected the favour to be repaid with her love. But Cassandra did not reciprocate Apollo\u2019s interest. The rejection enraged Apollon and he cast a curse on her which meant that no one would believe her prophecies. The artists approach the myth from each their own angles and interpret and build upon the myth\u2019s many perspectives, as well as Cassandra\u2019s character and struggles from a more contemporary perspective.<\/p>\n

With their strong narrative sense, painting skills and insistent sympathy for the visionary, but ostracised, Cassandra, the artists show how the ancient myth still carries importance today. Apollo-men are unfortunately not only present in ancient Greek literature, but the artists stick together, both in personal experiences and in their resistance to structural challenges in the art industry of today. They have produced imageries characterised by anger, loneliness, consolation, reconciliation, spirit, solidarity, integrity, sovereignty, resistance, and much more, as they approach the myth of Cassandra and the painting from their own perspectives in the historical surroundings of the Round Tower\u2019s Library Hall.<\/p>\n

The organisers of the exhibition and the network of Cassandra\u2019s Sisters<\/em> are Henriette Hellstern, Anna Walther and Helle Moalem. The exhibition is curated by Henriette Hellstern and Anna Walther. It presents both established and younger artists. In collaboration with art advisor Helle Moalem, the curators also wished to, on top of the exhibition, establish a community, a network and an exchange among colleagues in an aim to initiate more collaborations and synergy between artists, and to lift each other into a sisterhood, who paint each other better.<\/p>\n

The participating artists are: Agnete Bertram, Ditte Marie Frost, Emily Gernild, Henriette Hellstern<\/a>, Mie Olise Kj\u00e6rgaard, Tanja Nis-Hansen, Coline Marotta, Mie M\u00f8rkeberg, Marie Rud Rosenzweig, Bolatta Silis-H\u00f8egh, Ida S\u00f8nder Thorhauge, Anne Torpe, Helene Vestergaard, Anna Walther and Maria W\u00e6hrens.<\/p>\n

In connection with the exhibition, a publication with an introduction by the curators Henriette Hellstern and Anna Walther, art advisor Helle Moalem, and philosopher Helene von Tabouillot, will be published. The artists’ biographies are written by art historian Natalia Gutman, graphic design is by Anders Gerning, and photographs are by Rine Rodin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cassandra\u2019s Sisters \u2013 Painters of the Future Lift the Curse at the Round Tower, Library Hall, Copenhagen Denmark. Exhibition dates: 30th April -16th June 2022. Curated by: Henriette Hellstern and Anna Walther. Vernissage: 29th April, 4-7pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1458,19],"tags":[898],"class_list":["post-23378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-denmark","category-painting","tag-henriette-hellstern"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t