Touch 2024

As you step into the gallery space, you will encounter a world where ordinary objects possess a reality of their own.

Three tables, positioned as working desks, dominate on the right-hand side. On one, a rubber band extends to its limits between two awls on a green-painted base, forming a sculpture aptly titled "Sketch for the Structure of Peace". These "Small objects" exude an intimate yet powerful presence, challenging conventional perceptions.

The exhibition also features works from Jytte Høy's series "Hair Net Geometry”, where black hair nets, originally intended to control and hide women's hair, are meticulously mounted on painted plywood with tiny nails. Transformed into captivating geometric shapes, each hair net, stretched to its maximum capacity, forms a unique pattern.

Together, these hair net sculptures compose an alphabet of forms, revealing the surprising versatility of a simple item like a hair net, capable of assuming a multitude of intricate formations.

Through her artworks, Jytte Høy plays with gendered contrasts, juxtaposing elements such as lace attached to the wall resembling a saw and feminine table legs suspended by a roll of steel wire. Soft and hard materials converge, allowing for a liberated form that invites viewers to explore their own associations. The sculptures become small anti-phrases that rely on the logic of the senses.

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