Marie Lund / Face to Back
7 April – 5 May 2018
Croy Nielsen
Parkring 4
1010 Vienna, Austria
Marie Lund, Installation view Face to Back, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2018
Marie Lund, Grip, 2018, Copper, 150 x 50 × 7 cm, Unique
Marie Lund, Grip, 2018, Copper, cotton, 130 × 61 × 11 cm, Unique
Marie Lund, Installation view Face to Back, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2018
Marie Lund, Grip, 2018, Copper, cotton, 152.5 × 62 × 9.5 cm, Unique
Marie Lund, Installation view Face to Back, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2018
Marie Lund, Grip, 2018, Copper, paper, 121 × 59 × 11.5 cm, Unique
Marie Lund, Grip, 2018 (detail), Copper, paper, 121 × 59 × 11.5 cm, Unique
Marie Lund, Installation view Face to Back, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2018
Marie Lund, Handles, 2018 (detail), Copper, 62 × 148 × 20 cm ∅ 4.5 cm, Unique
Marie Lund, Installation view Face to Back, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2018
Marie Lund, Installation view Face to Back, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2018
Marie Lund, Handles, 2018, Copper, 46 × 176 × 10 cm ∅ 4.5 cm, Unique
Marie Lund, Installation view Face to Back, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2018
is a floor. Parquet. With inlays. Laid out years ago.
is valued. Cared for. But inevitably it will wear down.
is already a dip in the surface. Where most people walked.
downstairs neighbors hear the steps. Muffled by the floor.
supporting structure and their ornamented ceiling.
are walls. With layers of paint. Plaster. Insulation.
newspaper. Old news. Stocks. Ups and downs.
that allows for ventilation. Avoiding a cold-bridge.
weather-proof cladding towards the outside.
are wooden panels. Along the edges. Covering the tricky joints.
window to wall. From wall to door opening.
prevent draught. Shaped strips of wood. Alternating planes.
and dark shades. Style and taste. For your eyes to adjust.
the soft light in the room and the brightness outside.
are windows. Two layers. Opening inwards and outwards.
gap between the two. Absorbs most of the noise from the street.
Lund is a Danish artist based in London. Recent institutional solo
shows include Holsterbro Kunstmuseum (2017), Badischer Kunstverein,
Karlsruhe, (2015), and Museo Marini, Florence (2014). Her work has
been included in group shows at Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2017), Tate
Britain, London, Museum Kunstpalats, Düsseldorf, and GNAM, Rome
(2016), Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz, Extra City
Kunsthal, Antwerp (2015), and Galerie Im Taxispalais, Innsbruck and
Kunstmuseum Krefeld (2014), only to mention a few.
*Photo Credit: Kunst-Dokumentation.com. All images Courtesy Croy Nielsen, Vienna