After Summer Weekend
Exhibition & Book Signing
Åsa Jungnelius & Märta Thisner
Mussels, Duo Show
Spazio Nobile Gallery & Studiolo
Rue Franz Merjay 142 & 169, B-1050 Brussels
Welcome to the Swedish artist Åsa Jungnelius and photographer Märta Thisner’s Duo Show MUSSELS. During this exhibition taking place inside Åsa Jungnelius’s revisited Solo Show DESIRE UTENSIL CONTAINER, Spazio Nobile will reveal the book “Mussels” as well as a series of fine art prints on paper and textiles, which are a portrait by photographer Märta Thisner of artist Åsa Jungnelius in her natural habitat. Thisner is present as the seeds are being sown in Jungnelius’ studio and when they’re harvested in her garden in Månsamåla or at the glassworks in Kosta. In the photographs: a not-quite-feral cat, a thinned forest, a unique sculpture with an inner universe. The living encounter the withered, the everyday is visited by the sublime and braided together with ropes of many colors.
Opening 12.9.2024, 18-21.00
In the presence of the artist Åsa Jungnelius
In the framework of Rendez-Vous Brussels Art Week (12-15.9) & Brussels Design September (12-30.9)
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Book Signing 14.9.2024, 15-19.00
In the presence of the artist, the photographer and the publisher Null & Void Books
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Sunday Brunch – Book Signing & Artist Talk
15.9, 12-18.00 – Artists’ Talk, 15.00
In the presence of the artist Åsa Jungnelius, the photographer Märta Thisner and the publisher Null & Void Books. Introduction by Tone Schunnesson’s Poem : “In the Shell with Åsa Jungnelius”.
Download the invitation here
The exhibition will run until November 17, 2024 and is part of Rendez Vous Brussels Art Week, Brussels Design September Art+Design and is supported by NECA
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For more information about the exhibition, the artists and to receive the catalogue in preview of their duo show, do not hesitate to contact the gallery.
Märta Thisner (born in 1981) is one of Sweden’s most prominent photographers. Image-search her name and you’ll find a cross-section of recent cultural figures from the worlds of dance, music and literature. Her portraits have an immediate readability, a refined contrast between a careful gaze and the brutal contours of her flash, which seems equally suited to rock and poetry as it does to still-life with glass sculptures.
This is how she first came into contact with Åsa Jungnelius — at a photo shoot for the Public Luxury exhibition at ArkDes in 2018. Jungnelius is one of the most respected designers and artists in Sweden, constantly renegotiating the relationship between the two forms. Although glass is her primary element, Jungnelius’ work is to be considered contemporary art, with its integral parts of social commentary and criticism.
Märta Thisner has previously published Baby (puss Publications & Sailor Press, 2023) and Drunk in Love (Journal, 2019).
Download the catalogue of Åsa Jungnelius Artworks here
Null & Void Books presents: Mussels
By photographer Märta Thisner
In the Shell with Åsa Jungnelius
Poem by Tone Schunnesson
Graphic Design by Jonas Williamsson
Format: 17 x 23 cm. 320 pages
Offset printing: Narayana Press
