I'll See Myself Out (Jeg finder selv ud)

I'LL SEE MYSELF OUT Duo Exhibition by Anna Walther and Olivia Rode Hvass EXHIBITION PERIOD: JUNE 4 - JULY 16, 2022 "I’ll see myself out" thematizes boundaries, problematic systems and posits that the decision to leave a situation is sometimes the best - and only - solution. The exhibition combines works by Anna Walther and Olivia Rode Hvass in a single narrative. The main works in the show is a grand scale handbag, in the size of a small car, created by Anna Walther, and a digitally woven series of tapestries created by Olivia Rode Hvass. Anna Walther's handbag sculpture stands as a metaphor for what we carry with us of luggage. The handbag is historically, a symbol of women's ability to move freely, independent of accompaniment. The handbag remains a class and status symbol with great communicative power. Through her works, Anna Walther explores the expectations we have for women's appearance in modern society. The message from the artist is: Grab your handbag and run! Run away from all the negative admonitions about what is right and wrong. Olivia Rode Hvass' series of digitally woven tapestries, completed in a site-specific total installation, in Kunsthal Nord's first room. The tapestries are inspired by the mysterious medieval fantasies of the Hunt og the Unicorn (La Chasse à la licorne), a series of tapestries dating to 1495-1505, originally depicting French noble hunters capturing an exotic unicorn. The original story celebrates the conquest of the "exotic"/the virgin by the hunter/the man. In Olivia Rode Hvass' series, the horse is the main character, and here the escape from the unhealthy systems and relationships end up with the horses running free. It is a series of works that communicate a hope for a future that does away with societal roles, gender stereotypes and structural oppression. Anna Walther is a visual artist graduated with an MFA from the Funen Academy of Fine Arts and the Royal College of Art in Stockholm in 2017. Her practice connects tactile assemblages with conceptual grips in a world of sculptures and painted bodies. The fight against oppression is woven into her DNA, where her experiences of the relationship between body and class are treated on an equal footing with human predation on nature. With inspiration in folk art and outsider art, Walther draws on the special power that lies in art as medicine. This is seen in her practice as well as her organizational work, where she works towards better opportunities, inclusion and greater synergy between growth layers and the established. A desire to light a fire of inspiration and connection between viewer and work of art. Olivia Rode Hvass visual artist graduated with a BA from the Jutland Academy of Fine Arts in 2021 and a masterclass with a large scholarship in TC2 weaving with Professor Corrie van Eijk-Doktor, Drachten NL. Rode Hvass works in a sculptural crossfield between textile and drawing. In recent years, she has expanded her metier to tapestries, where she combines her interest in cartoon and sketch drawing with craftsmanship in digital weaving. Her work unfolds out of an interest in identity-building in relation to the idols, emotions and expressions we are brought up with and brought up by, and the industry and history behind the textiles that surround us, intertwined in this. Rode Hvass' work has a subtle underlying humor which invites the viewer inside. The exhibition is supported by the city of Aalborg's Visual Arts Fund, Statens Kunstfond, Dansk Tennis Fond and Ny Carlsberg-fondet The exhibition is created in collaboration with TextielLab, the professional workshop of TextielMuseum