The Splinter in the Eye

The meanings attached to our surroundings are often closely linked to history and belonging, and we all have subjective perceptions of the landscape we find ourselves in – something that is also expressed through the artist’s interpretive gaze. An apparently deserted desert is for some people much more than “just” a sea of ​​sand, in the same way that the woodland behind the childhood home is a very special place for the individual.

What meaning is attached to a landscape depends on the eye that sees. In what ways can landscape representations constitute a charged material, and what stories can they tell us? In the group exhibition The splinter in the eye, this is expressed through, among other things, painting, photography, video and drawing.