In The Gallery
Dronningens Tvaergade 19
1302 København K
Denmark
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Plaza la Porta Santa Catalina, 22
07012 Palma de Mallorca
Spain
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Can Veri, 9
07001 Palma de Mallorca
Spain
Phone : +34 675 953 225
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Nathalie Rubinos (Gallery Manager)
About
Our exhibition program is created by in-house or visiting curators. In addition to showcasing innovative art, we also host artist’s talks and other interactions between artists and audience.
Jacob GILS
Sophienholm - Triptych
Sophienholm #1, belongs to the Movement series, an ongoing project by the artist.
About the serie “Movement”:
The series Movement was developed out of an interest in pushing the boundaries
of the photographic medium and was originally conceived as an experiment and
investigation into the potential of the photographic genre. Each of the pieces consists of many fleeting moments layered in one image, which with an almost painterly finesse creates a feeling of time and space with its multiple exposures. The motifs are often of tropes found in nature – often chosen from a personal and specific relation.
What at first glance might appear as abstract, or out of focus, is actually a collection
of very sharp images put together. This visually poetic and dynamic balance is
representative for my photographic style, and holds both references to impressionist painting, as well as simultaneously maintaining a degree of detail characteristic for modern photography.”
Søren Solkær
Black Sun #16
About “Black Sun” series:
“This project has taken me back to the landscape of my childhood and youth in the
marshlands of Southern Denmark. A place where as many as one million starlings gather in the spring and fall, prior to onwards migration, and set the stage for one of nature’s most spectacular phenomena. As the countless birds congregate in large murmurations before collectively settling in the reeds at dusk they put on an incredible show of collaboration and performance skills. And now and then, by the added drama of attacking birds of prey, the flock will unfold a breathtaking and veritable ballet of life or death. The starlings move as one unified organism that vigorously opposes any outside threat. A strong visual expression is created – like that of an ink drawing or a calligraphic brush stroke – asserting itself against
the sky. Shapes and black lines of condensation form within the swarm, resembling waves of interference or mathematical abstractions written across the horizon. At times the flock seems to possess the cohesive power of super fluids, changing shape in an endless flux: From geometric to organic, from solid to fluid, from matter to ethereal, from reality to dream – an exchange in which real time ceases to exist and mythical time pervades. This is the moment I have attempted to capture – a fragment of eternity.”
Sophienholm #1 - Triptych
Archival print on dibond
39 x 118 in.
Jacob Gils´ photographs, equally analogue and digital in origin, embody a strong awareness of perfect technique and composition. The artist’s significant almost impressionistic style of iconic structures and sights makes his photographic works stand out with their layered production technique. The used polarisation method and multiple exposures generate engaging photographic interpretations that are organic and sensuous to the eye. Fragmented, draped and distorted they demand the onlooker to not only look at them, but also to get closer and pay more attention to the details as they never reveal themselves at a distance.
In 2011 Jacob Gils began working on Movement, an ongoing serie dedicated to pushing the boundaries of modern photography. By using a special technique, multiple exposure Gils lets a world of movement reveal itself in his dynamic and captivating photos. A first glance the multi-point visual puzzles appear unfocused and shaken, but they are in fact many different very in-focus photographs of the same thing selected and carefully layered so they in the end give us the illusion of being on the go – or in movement. The layering of exposures often also creates a translucent second shape and results in a photographic style that, at first glance, resembles impressionistic paintings, but at a closer inspection reveals the details of modern photography.
Jacob Gils confronts both Danish photography and in a broader sense Western photography and art. He enfolds a photographic style that demands further investment from its onlooker. He questions his own artistic allegiance as well a that of the photographic genre and his art represents a social phenomenon that is at the very heart of contemporary art dialogue today. It balances on the edge of reality and dream, the abstract and the realistic.
Jacob Gils was born in Copenhagen in 1963 where he continues to live and work as a photographer.
Artist studio
Museum and exhibitions
Museum exhibitions Fotografiska, The Museum of Photography Stockholm (Sweden)
The National Museum of Photography Oslo, (Norway)
The National Museum of Photography (Denmark)
Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá (Colombia)
Nanjing Institute of Visual Arts (China)
Danish Cultural Institute in Beijing (China)
Boston Properties (USA)
LEGO A/S, Maersk A/S
The Royal Danish Collection (Denmark)
Furthermore represented in private collections in Scandinavia, Austria, Spain, UK, Canada, China, Australia, Hong Kong, New York, LA and Miami
Solo Exhibitions and fairs
2022
ZonaMaco, Mexico City. February. Solo exhibition
LA Art Show, January. Solo exhibition
2021
Art Miami, December
2020
Kensington Art exhibition. Hamburg. September
The LA ART show. February
ZonaMaco, Mexico City. February: Solo exhibtion
Solo Show ITG. Copenhagen. January
2019
The Photography Show presented by Aipad. New York. April. Solo exhibition
HS Gallery Shanghai, April. Solo exhibition
Art Central Hong Kong, March. Solo exhibition
In The Gallery, New Works, Copenhagen, March. Solo exhibition
FOR Space Rooftop Shanghai, Dec-Feb. Solo exhibition
Photo LA, Los Angeles, January.
2018
Pulse Miami, December. Solo exhibition
Photofairs Shanghai, September. Solo exhibition
Photo Monaco, April. Solo exhibition
The Photography Show presented by Aipad, New York, April. Solo exhibition
Art Central, Hong Kong, March. Solo exhibition
Photofairs San Francisco, February.
In The Gallery, The Extended Moment, Copenhagen, Jan - Mar. Solo exhibition
2017
Photofairs Shanghai, September.
HS Gallery, Shanghai, March. Solo exhibition
Art Central, Hong Kong, March. Solo exhibition
Artelli Gallery, Antwerpen, March.
Photofairs San Francisco, January.
Project B, Movement, Milan, Jan - February. Solo exhibition
In The Gallery, New Perspectives, Copenhagen, Jan - February. Solo exhibition
2016
Fotofever, Paris, October.
Leica Gallery, LA, October - November.
KIAF, Seoul, October.
Photofairs Shanghai, September.
In the Gallery, Copenhagen, July - September. Solo exhibition
Scope Basel, June.
MIA Milan, April-May. Solo exhibition
Struck Contemporary, Toronto, April - May. Solo exhibition
Scope New York, March.
2015
Scope Miami, December.
Galerie Bettina, Paris, November - January.
Fotofever Paris, November.
Photo Shanghai, September.
Art CPH, September.
Copenhagen Photo Festival, July.
Paris Photo LA, May.
MIA Milan, April.
Photo LA, January.
2014
Fotofever Paris, November.
Art CPH, September.
Photo Shanghai, September.
Copenhagen Photo Festival, June. Solo exhibition
In the Gallery, duo exhibition with Naja Utzon, Copenhagen, April - May.
2013
Art CPH, May - August. Solo exhibition
Copenhagen Photo Festival, June. Solo exhibition
In the Gallery, Copenhagen, September. Solo exhibition
Black Sun #16
Archival print
47 x 83 in.
Søren Solkær is a Danish photographer best known for his “Black Sun” series and portraits of musicians.
Black Sun is a project capturing one of nature’s most spectacular phenomena; the large murmurations of starlings. The countless birds puts on an incredible show of collaboration and performance skills twice a year when they migrate from one destination to the next. Growing up in Southern Denmark, where this breathtaking scenery unfolds, Søren always had a fascination for the starlings that naturally lead to the start of this project.
He is also recognised as the man responsible for various iconic images of Amy Winehouse, Björk, The White Stripes, Franz Ferdinand, David Lynch, Arctic Monkeys, R.E.M. and U2.
Concurrent to his work with musicians, Solkær furthered his specialisation in portraits by undertaking an eight-year project. Photographers Posed comprised 45 photographers from 15 countries, including Arnold Newman, Duane Michals, Pierre et Gilles, Anton Corbijn, Jan Saudek and Jeanloup Sieff. The collection featured Solkær’s portrayals of the style associated with each of his subjects and was exhibited in galleries in Chicago, Copenhagen, Cologne, Prague and Odense.
Solkær was contributing photographer for Q Magazine, Rolling Stone and GQ. He has also moved into the world of cinema, photographing James Franco, Danny Boyle, Tim Burton, David Lynch and John Waters.
Solkær has released three photography books. Solkær’s works are also featured as part of the permanent collection in the Royal Danish Library and The National Portrait Collection in Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark.
Solkær’s photography is characterised by finding a tension point between intimacy and edginess. His portraits are often regarded as cinematic in tone with a distinctive colour palette. He cites the inspirations for his style as ranging from filmmakers David Lynch and Wong Kar-Wai through to the works of photographer Philip-Lorca diCorcia and painter Caspar David Friedrich.
Artist studio
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023: BLACK SUN, In the Gallery, Palma de Mallorca
2019: BLACK SUN, Minä Perhonen Galleria, Kyoto
2019: SURFACE, MUCA, Munich
2018: BLACK SUN, FRAMA, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018:BLACK SUN, SAGE GALLERY, Los Angeles, USA
2018:25 year portrait retrospective, The National Portrait Gallery, Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark 2017:
SURFACE, UTZON CENTER, Aalborg, Denmark
2017: CLOSER, Martin Asbæk Gallery
2016: SURFACE, Vroom&Varossieau Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
2016: SURFACE, BLDG Gallery, Kentucky, USA; 2015:
SURFACE, Øksnehallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015: SURFACE, The Burrard Arts Center, Vancouver, Canada
2015: SURFACE, Allouche Gallery, New York, USA
2015: SURFACE, Art Equity, Sydney, Australia
2015: SURFACE, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, USA
2015: SURFACE, NKN Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2015: SURFACE, Art Equity, Sydney, Australia
2014: Face to Face, Kistefos Museum, Norway
2013: Face to Face, Trapholt Museum, Kolding, Denmark
2012: Illuminations, Brorsons Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012: CLOSER, Art Equity, Sydney, Australia
2012: CLOSER, Det Danske Kultur Institut, Edinburgh, Scotland
2011: CLOSER, Gibson Gallery, London, U.K.
2010: CLOSER, Spazio Lattuada, Milano, Italy
2009: CLOSER, Øksnehallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008: Souls, Mazzotta Art Selection/eg22, Milano, Italy
2007: Souls, Inner Space, Oxford, England
2006: Beat City, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark
2006: Beat City, Århus Kunstbygning, Denmark
2005: Beat City, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004: Souls, Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia
2004: Souls, Øksnehallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003: Third Eye, IN CAMERA Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
1998: Photographers Posed, Schneider Gallery, Chicago, USA
1998: Photographers Posed, Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, DK
1996: Photographers Posed, Frederiks Bastion, Copenhagen, DK
1995: Photographers Posed, Galleri Radost FX, Prague, Czech Rep.
Exhibiting Artists
Other Represented Artists