Public Structures

In close collaboration with the curators Hans Ulrich Obrist and Jeppe Ugelvig, Kunsthal Charlottenborg launches its third biennale, Public Structures. The international art exhibition is shown over the summer in the streets, train stations and bus stops all over Denmark. Now we invite you to the opening of the exhibition:

FRIDAY 23 JUNE 11.00-16.00

Program:

11.00-12.00: Opening of the exhibition Public Structures
Place: Copenhagen Central Station, under the clock

12.30-13.30: Artist talk with the curators Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jeppe Ugelvig and Herbert Hans, Maja Malou Lyse, Esben Weile Kjær, among others (in English)
Place: Art Hub Copenhagen, Halmtorvet 27
Tickets: Book your ticket here (free)

14.00-16.00: Opening of special exhibition by General Idea
Place: In a shop, Værnedamsvej 6

About the exhibition:
What would it mean for an artwork to be mistaken for an ad? When art steps outside its own institutional context, it enters a sprawling media ecology with a plethora of critical and economic possibilities. This strategy, which holds a long history in modern and contemporary art, has been the guiding principle for Public Structures, the third edition of the Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale, which revives the critical tradition of artistic distribution through commercial media.

Participating artists in the Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale 2023:
Akeem Smith, Bless (Desiree Heiss and Ines Kaag), CATPC (Congolese Plantation Workers), Eric Andersen, General Idea, Hans-Peter Feldmann, KAWS, Koo Jeong A, Luki von der Gracht, Maja Malou Lyse & Esben Weile Kjær, Martine Syms, Minerva Cuevas, Michael Rakowitz, Pippa Garner, Rasheed Araeen, Rosemarie Trockel, Serapis Maritime, Shuang Li, Sungsil Ryu, SUPERFLEX, Tromarama, Yinka Shonibare CBE, Yugoexport/Irena Haiduk.

Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale is an international art exhibition presented in streets, train stations, and bus stops throughout almost all of Denmark. The biennale is held every other year with the express intention of bringing contemporary art out across the nation.

The Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale 2023 is curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist & Jeppe Ugelvig. The exhibition is produced in collaboration with AFA JCDecaux, e-Types with support from the Augustinus Foundation, the Danish Arts Foundation, and the Obel Family Foundatio