Jes Brinch @ V1 Gallery, Copenhagen

V1 Gallery presents:
The Perversions of Mechanical Normality

An exhibition by:
Jes Brinch
Opening day: August 10, 2007
Opening period: August 10, 2007 - September 2, 2007

V1 Galllery proudly presents The Perversions of Mechanical Normality, Jes Brinch’s first solo show at V1.

On August 10th the notoric outsider Jes Brinch lands in V1 Gallery with a comprehensive solo exhibition entitled The Perversions of Mechanical Normality. The exhibition, questioning the abiding norms of society, is a distillation of the artistic experiences Jes Brinch has made throughout his career. At the same time The Perversions of Mechanical Normality bears the stamp of Jes Brinch’s life in both Vietnam and Denmark.

The Perversions of Mechanical Normality is a humdrum of materials and themes joined together by a red thread of thoughts on – and critique of – modern life. The monumental and majestic marble of the antique style intertwines with the concrete of modernity, colourful tapestries of silk and nylon, see-through sound installations and paintings while existentialist contemplations merge with (gallows) humoristic reflections on absurd everyday situations.

In The Perversions of Mechanical Normality the viewer meets Self-Hate, the man in marble scolding his own mirror reflection: ”Don’t ever funcking do that again you fucking idiot!”, Colonial Romance, an elderly marble man in trunks trying to kiss a young asian woman (a commix of a classic motif by Gauguin and Jes Brinch’s own observations of the sex turism in Vietnam) and Head, a surreal portrait of a meditative state where the mind literally flows out of the cranium. The viewer can ascend the three Chinese concrete mountains Mountain of Tradition, Moutain of Love and Mountain of Friendship, manifesting the hypocritical aspects of the words: tradition, love and friendship. And she can get lost in modern society’s sometimes incomprehensible authority and status systems, that Jes Brinch has mapped out on soft tapestries – e.g. Lifestyle Suicide, in which you catch a glimpse of a man who has to stand on his Wegner chair in order to get a noose around his neck. All of the physical works are framed by a soundtrack produced specifically for the exhibition.

Today Jes Brinch is officially recognised as one of Denmark’s most important contemporary artists. He is currently living in Vietnam with his vietnamese girlfriend. The Perversions of Mechanical Normality was produced in Vietnam in 2007 with the support of the Danish Arts Council. The day after The Perversions of Mechanical Normality opens at V1 Gallery, the exhibition The Human Mind by Jes Brinch og Per Elbke opens on VesterfÊlledvej 7A.

We are looking forward to seeing you.

V1 Gallery. Absalonsgade 21B. 1655 Kbh V. www.v1gallery.com
Wed-Fri: 2pm –6pm. Sat: 12pm – 4pm. Jes Brinch will be available for interviews in the week prior to the opening. For more information on the exhibition please contact V1 Gallery:
+(45) 33 31 03 21 / +(45) 26 82 81 66 / elg@v1gallery.com.
Thank you Danish Arts Council, Tuborg, Pernod & Nanna Thylstrup for text.

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