Truly Wild
Jun. 8, 2024 – Sep. 22, 2024

Truly Wild. Game Hunting in Danish Art

The summer’s big special exhibition at Skovgaard Museum examines how hunting as a concept, logic, practice and view of nature is produced in Danish art from the end of the 1700th century to the present day. A total of 50 artists are presented, e.g. Jens Juel, PS Krøyer, Johannes Larsen, Otto Bache, Nina Saunders, Anette Abrahamsson, Peter Land, Svend-Allan Sørensen, Trine Søndergaard and Nicolai Howalt, who in 50 works of art depict the people, animals and landscapes of the hunt in beautiful, thoughtful and humorous ways. They do this in painting, sculpture, art on paper, photography and ceramics. The works are combined with cultural and natural history objects from the world of hunting as well as short films where four hunters talk about their lives with hunting.

The exhibition is curated by inspector on Fuglsang Kunstmuseum, Tine Nielsen Fabienke. The exhibition will also be shown at Ribe Kunstmuseum, Faaborg Museum, Fuglsang Kunstmuseum and Skovgaard Museum. It is accompanied by a richly illustrated magazine with contributions from Tine Nielsen Fabienke, Mickey Gjerris, Jette Baagøe, Hans Kristensen, Marie Riegels Melchior and Cecilie Rubow.

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