“The Oh Land Art" Exhibition
Judith Charles Gallery
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A Brooklynite transplant by way of Copenhagen Denmark, Oh Land has the music and press world buzzing with her individual brand of filmic electro-pop. Formerly a classically trained ballet dancer, Oh Land has transformed her artistic upbringing into a debut album of lavish loops, jagged glitchy beats, and layered vocal bliss. “This album is all of my secrets, wishes, dreams and fears,” explains Oh Land. “I tell stories from my life wrapped in fairytales and fables all happening in the dreamy landscapes of a world I call Oh Land. I hope people will find an escape in the music and let their thoughts and dreams run wild, just for a moment.”
Oh Land will be doing a special unique performance for each of the four nights of the show. Artist Eske Kath is creating a literal art world - sculptures, paintings, projections, etc that encompass the feeling of the album as you walk thru the gallery.
Eske Kath hails from Copenhagen, Denmark and is the creator of the Light Sculptures that adorn Oh Land’s album visuals. In large format paintings and sculpture, Eske depicts nature and human civilization in conflict, but also overcoming these. Human civilization in Eske’s work is symbolized by the image of the house. The house serves as proxy for the human figure and also as exemplar for humanity’s will to control nature. The sculptures in the gallery, consisting of light-filled wood and plastic houses, ask interesting questions about the durability of human civilization and the artist’s role and culpability as a member of that civilization. At the same time their flickering lights reminds us of the warmth and the comfort that can be contained within the settings we create ourselves.