Solo exhibition at Heerz Tooya Gallery (Ivan Vazov 18 St.), Veliko Turnovo, BG
October 2021
Photos by Lars Nordby
Unidentified Object 0Bulgarian lime stone
45 x 45 x 12 cm
2021
Unidentified Object 1
Bulgarian lime stone
45 x 45 x 12 cm
2021
Unidentified Object 3
Bulgarian lime stone
45 x 45 x 12 cm
2021
Vintage rusty shovel blade DIY
Iron, stickers
15 x 20 cm
2021
Gesture (Serpentines)
Bronze, paper
Various dimensions
2021
PRESS TEXT
Cut a stone in half, and you have two stones. Right? Conditions of possibilities do surface in paradoxical measurements. With the exhibition Expanded Fields, Sofie Amalie Andersen reminds us that everything is connected, and there are no limitations to the untold. Working with various media, techniques, and materials and situating her artworks mise-en-abîme up against the background of itself, Andersen invites us to dive with her into the abyss and question the void surrounding us halfway in the freefall. As we witness Andersens subtle and graceful touch, vertigo is inevitable.
We, humans, have an unbelievable creative ability to construct ways and means of living. Especially inherent in terms of our archeological sensibilities. Obsessively digging into the past, recontextualizing artifacts' purpose and meaning, and surround them with a productive language. As we set it all up and marvel at its dandified materialism, we tend to undermine the ability to grasp or even imagine to excavate the future.
As Andersens limestone series is situated on the gallery marble floor, value and status are added to the equation. Lack of support yet one with the floor. Familiarized yet alienated. Left with traces and detached from cliche. Expanded.
- Lars Nordby