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Stalke Gallery, Kirke Sonnerup, invites you to the opening of two exhibitions

William Anthony (USA)
IRONIC ICONS

William Anthony (New York) ruthlessly caricatures everything from war to the art world, as well as the joys and madness of love. Anthony shares that his style originates from the drawing style of the least talented art students.

The New York Times writes that Anthony is both "hilarious" and "profound," meaning absurdly funny and profound at the same time, and that he has achieved cult status in the art world.

At the exhibition, a new book containing William Anthony's collected works will also be presented. The book is titled IRONIC ICONS and is edited by Sam Jedig.

Helgi Thorgils Fridjónsson (IS)
EYES IN THE EYE OF THE WORLD

The formed Creator God molded the man from the earth's clay and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, thus creating a living soul.

Scientist and forensic expert Ricard reconstructed the third king's skull from clay to understand how he might have looked.
Ricard’s successors, Michael Illes, revealed the reconstruction. There was a familial resemblance between them.

Philippa Langley from the BBC is quoted as saying that Ricard, whom she studied portraits of, did not look like the tyrant he was portrayed to be.
“He has a lot of life in his face,” she said.

I connect the concept of ideas with waves on the ocean. A split second, I imagine the waves freezing, and I see with a tuning fork the vibrations they create in the air. A glass eternity, like a solid form, yet constantly moving. In this way, the artist moves the brush and colors slowly over the canvas until time stops at the wave’s crest. Thus, vibrations in the air are created.

The images in the image series, which have now become 273 pieces and are set to end at number 364, are filled with a narrative. They show us the fundamental material of the skeleton, seen as the clay used for reconstruction. The archaeologist’s method is not the same method used to capture the image of Ricard. However, the image becomes a creation of reconstruction. A post-mortem emerges and takes on a kind of satisfaction when the experience continues. Philippa Langley from the BBC states that she believes he looks like no other man who was a king.

With these premises, one can say that clay has been placed into cracks and irregularities and transformed into a method of creating and rethinking in 364 attempts.

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International Art in Kr. Sonnerup

EXHIBITION: Two renowned artists exhibit from today in Kirke Sonnerup.

KIRKE SONNERUP: Gallery owner Sam Jedig is presenting two acclaimed artists with international careers today.

The two are the soon-to-be 80-year-old American William Anthony from New York and the Icelandic Helgi Thorgils Fridjónsson, who has his artist’s residence and gallery just outside Reykjavik.

"Still, he asked me how I could possibly survive with a gallery out here in the countryside—so far from Copenhagen. But it has gone very well, as I have now had the gallery here for twelve years," says Sam Jedig, who is also an artist.

Primarily, however, he is a gallery owner and enjoys presenting extraordinary artists from abroad, whom he likes to introduce to other artists and galleries.

"Several of them have had a major breakthrough by being presented to a broader audience here," says Sam Jedig.

The two artists exhibiting at Stalke Gallery in Kirke Sonnerup this time know each other well. Helgi Thorgils Fridjónsson has previously invited William Anthony to exhibit in his own gallery in Iceland after encountering his humorous but also strangely provocative works in Kirke Sonnerup.

The Icelander himself is not afraid to push boundaries and provoke. His new exhibition is titled Sexual Act and currently consists of 273 works, but it is not yet complete.

"The finished series will consist of 364 images to form a complete narrative," explains the Icelandic artist, who in every way is a great man.

In contrast, the modest American, William Anthony, now exhibits at Sam Jedig's gallery for the sixth time.

"The first two times were at my gallery in Copenhagen, but now it’s the fourth time Bill is here in Kirke Sonnerup, where he’ll stay for a few days," says Sam Jedig.

William Anthony calls his exhibition Ironic Icons, where he caricatures everything from war to art, love, and the joys and madness of life.

He has taught art students for many years and began his career in the 1960s, caricaturing some of the worst drawing mistakes his students made.

"That’s why I drew a lot in the early years, but now I mostly paint," says William Anthony.

Rita Vestergaard

Dagbladet

Helgi Thorgils Fridjónsson

Front Gallery

William Anthony

Back space Gallery + Center Gallery