Talk at Holstebro Art Museum

“Pavilion (Voices, The Shifting Copy)” – An ode to Hanne Kjærholm

In august 2021, we were invited to speak at the opening of Danish visual artist Marie Lund’s (b. 1976) piece “Pavilion (Voices, The Shifting, Copy)”,  created especially for Holstebro Art Museum. Our architectural historian, Jannie Rosenberg Bendsen, gave a talk on the museum complex’s architect Hanne Kjærholm’s (1930-2009) work and role as a female architect.

Sketch of “Pavilion (Voices, The Shifting, Copy)” by Marie Lund. Photo: Holstebro Art Museum

Marie Lund’s installation consists of three copper sculptures. The sculptures are placed directly onto the pillars of the museum garden’s pavilion architecture. Marie Lund created her organic, dynamic sculptures specifically for the museum to compliment Danish female architect Hanne Kjærholm’s geometrical garden architecture. Kjærholm is one of the architects whose work we focus on in our research project. In 1976, Kjærholm won the competition of the museum complex in Holstebro. Today, the museum is one of her most acknowledged achievements.

“Pavilion (Voices, The Shifting, Copy)” by Marie Lund in the museum garden, Holstebro Art Museum 2021. Photo: Jannie Rosenberg Bendsen

The writer and artist Bob Kil gave a performance followed by a concert by the experimental jazz duo G.E.K., made up of Johannes Lund (saxophone) and Maria Bertel (trombone).

Holstebro Art Museum 2021. Photo: Jannie Rosenberg Bendsen

Visit Holstebro Art Museum’s website in English here. A special thanks to museum director Anders Gaardboe Jensen for inviting us to share our research at the opening.

Jannie Rosenberg Bendsen (b. 1976) holds a master’s degree and PhD from the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen. Her dissertation was on architecture history writing. Jannie is a postdoctoral researcher at Copenhagen University’s Section for Landscape Architecture and Planning, working on Women in Danish Architecture with collecting and reviewing archival material.