Simon Dybbroe Møller

This summer’s major exhibition at Kunsthal Charlottenborg presents a survey of the work of Danish artist Simon Dybbroe Møller from the past 20 years. We look forward to seeing you at the opening:

FRIDAY 7 JUNE

Just before the exhibition opens, you can experience a conversation between Simon Dybbroe Møller and curator Krist Gruijthuijsen, seats are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

Program:
16.00 Talk with Simon Dybbroe Møller & Krist Gruijthuijsen
17.00 Speeches and opening of Thick & Thin
17.20 The bar is open, music by Erdal Bilici b2b Lukas Danys
20.00 Thank you for coming!

About the exhibition:
In his practice, Simon Dybbroe Møller investigates and complicates common binaries: copy and original, motif and depiction. The artist tests what sculpture is or can be, in a world that is dictated by the photographic; a world where our economy and attention has shifted from the object to the image.

‘Thick & Thin’ hints at this preoccupation with the relationship between sculpture (thick) and imagery (thin) as well as the twists and turns of two decades of artistic practice – through “thick and thin”. His solo exhibitions often have the atmosphere of carefully curated group shows, and many works chosen for the exhibition use autobiographical elements to examine notions of identity and representation, and question tropes and mechanisms of depiction. Rather than settling into one medium or style, Dybbroe Møller continuously probes new territories, moving between film, photography, found objects, installation, sculpture, performance, writing, curating and teaching.

Simon Dybbroe Møller was born in Aarhus in 1976 and has been professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts’ School of Sculpture in Copenhagen since 2019. He has previously had solo exhibitions in several international institutions as well as participated in biennials and group exhibitions worldwide. Simon Dybbroe Møller is the founder of the performance program Why Words Now and, together with the artist Nina Beier, runs the exhibition site AYE-AYE in Copenhagen.

‘Thick & Thin’ has been developed in close collaboration between the artist and with curator Krist Gruijthuijsen, director KW Institute of Contemporary Art in Berlin.

The exhibition is supported by The Augustinus Foundation, The Beckett Foundation, The Danish Arts Foundation, The New Carlsberg Foundation, The Obel Family Foundation, The William Demant Foundation as well as Belvedere 21, Gallery FRANCESCA MININI, Fastighetaktiebolaget Folkets Hus in Stockholm, The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Sammlung Ivo Moser.