Lagune Ouest

Moa Alskog’s practice unfolds around the human relation to nature and how it has been formed historically. Through painterly studies and a focus on the detail, the artist approaches bigger questions such as: what the human alienation to nature means for basic societal functions like our food production? What lives has a right to live? And do we only see what we know? The motifs - e.g. cabbage and its pest - often have a biographical connection and meaning. The fact that she grew up at an organic vegetal farm in the north of Sweden and still works there during the Summer season growing meadow flowers gives her a hands-on knowledge that goes beyond the mere representation of nature. She works in the expanded field of painting experimenting both with paint and surfaces. Painting on everything from Dibond, veggie-nets to debris. Moa Alskog (SE, 1985) holds a MFA from The Danish Art Academy of Fine Arts (2016). Recent and upcoming exhibitions include: Lagune Ouest (Copenhagen), Nikolaj Kunsthal (Copenhagen), Loggia (Munich), AGA (Copenhagen), Havebiennalen (Copenhagen), and Elisabeth Arts Foundation (New York).

Emilie Bausager’s practice deals with the fluidity of history, and the impossibility of adequate representation. The narrative in-between reality and fiction is a main focus of her work. Much of the historical documentation of our landscapes history refers heavily on communal storytelling. By looking at old stories relating to our surroundings and combining them with contemporary information, Bausager creates summarised collages of specific settings that are relevant to her heritage in Britain and Denmark. By employing anachronism as a reoccurring artifice in her work she creates a tension between curiosity, insight, gravity and humour. Often rooted within landscape, constructed or not, Bausager’s output takes its shape as installation comprised of elements such as stained glass, textiles, objets trouvé, text, and prints. Emilie Bausager (UK/DK, 1992) holds a MFA from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (2019). Recent and upcoming exhibitions include: Den Frie (Copenhagen), SOL (Nexø), SKAL Contemporary (Skagen), OK Corral (Copenhagen), NADA (New York), Loggia (Munich), Kristen Lorello (New York), and Lagune Ouest (Copenhagen).