GSB presents:  Eine/UK, Greg Lamarche/US, Huskmitnavn/DK, Jakob Boeskov/DK, Jonas Nobel/SE, Lisa Jonasson/SE, Marten Damgaard/DK , Nug & Pike/SE, Michael Genovese/US.

DATE: 26 February – 25 Mars
OPENING Friday 26 February 18 - 22

Text has always existed as a means to share opinions and externalise existence. In Egypt, 3,500-year-old graffiti survives in which someone expresses his or her opinion of a magnificent pyramid. In the ancient city of Pompeii, messages can still be deciphered such as ”Myrtis, you do great blow jobs” or ”Lucius painted this”. Today, the practices of painting and engraving remain, but now, even the Internet exists as a forum for continually expressing what we do and how we feel. Text has increasingly become instrumental in the processes of constructing identities, of communicating with the outside world, and in the demarcation of territories.

Simultaneously, art is an arena where individuals can choose to engage in uncensored modes of expression and progressively, artists are deciding to utilise text in their work. What is the significance of these developments? Can it be said that, even in art, more conscious intentions exist to reach out and communicate with the outside world? Where do these desires come from, to expose completely one’s feelings and perspectives? Who are these artists currently working with text, and can any points of intersection be said to exist between them?

With The Alphabet Show, GSB aims to exhibit a number of these artists and their individual approaches towards the use of text. The selected artists originate in various parts of the world and their work demonstrates, to varying degrees, senses of irony, seriousness and critical awareness, leavened with much humour and playfulness.

GSB, is run by Jeanette Steinsland and Jacob Berliner. Emphasis is placed on young contemporary art with connections to street culture and associated contexts. The gallery also has a range of carefully selected art magazines and books available for purchase.