The exhibition BEIGE is quite simply about the colour beige and incorporates an oasis of beige jewellery/body-related objects from a variety of jewellery makers and artists from all over the world. All the pieces are specifically made for the exhibition.
Everyone seems to have an opinion about beige as a colour or its associations (perhaps more than many other colours), and it has proven to be surprisingly challenging for some participants, but at the same time surprisingly easy for others.
Reactions to beige are perhaps just as diverse as the colour itself and that is clearly visible in how the participants have tackled this project.
BEIGE is at the same time an investigation/experiment and explores notions such as: How did the participants react to the theme? What was it like to make a monochrome work? What happens to the space when all of the works are in the same colour? How does it affect us (as viewers) when we only have one colour or nuances of the same colour to look at?
The result is a constellation of strong and sometimes unexpected expressions, which encourage curiosity and a dialogue about this somewhat loaded colour.
"We live in a world of colour and to be able to distinguish the nuances between shades and tones is something to be valued. Over 300 million people around the world struggle with some form of colour vision deficiency or colour blindness, as it is commonly described. Ishihara plates are used to test this and there are thirty-eight types to cover the whole spectrum including neutrals like beige. I have taken the preciousness of gold, and by diluting it from its purest form, have created subtle gradations of ‘beige’ in the patterns of Ishihara colour perception testing. What do you see?"
Participating Artists
Ulla Ahola, Miki Asai, Mara Balode, Jonathan Boyd, Kim Buck, Sungho Cho, Soo Hyun Chou, Annette Dam, Hrafnhildur Halldórsdóttir, Janne K. Hansen, Caitlin Hegney, Helen Clara Hemsley, Jonathan Hens, Adam Henderson, Tomoyo Hiraiwa, Anke Huyben, Anette Jensen, Gavy Jo, Kaori Juzu, Malene Kastalje, Takashi Kojima, Marie-Louise Kristensen, Andrew Lamb, Jytte Løppenthin, Juliette Même, Bogki Min, Taro Mizushima, Ailsa Morrant, Therese Mørch, Chequita Nahar, Carla Nuis, Karl Ejnar Nybo, Vincent Pontillo-Verrastro, Maja Røhl, Mette Saabye, Josefine Rønsholt Smith, Signe Svanholt, Sehee Um, Aric Verrastro, Hongxia Wang, Sidsel Götke and Patricia Tind.
