Group exhibition
The Room
25.10.2024 - 23.11.2024
Olivia Holm-Møller (1875-1970) mødte sit store idol, J.F. Willumsen (1863-1958), i hvert fald en enkelt gang i sin levetid og lagde aldrig skjul på, hvor meget hun beundrede hans arbejde. Man måtte ikke tale dårligt om ham – så forlod hun selskabet! Hendes kunstneriske mod er gået i arv fra Willumsen. Hun har evnen til at male stort og lade hånt om detaljer for at lade helheden leve. I tilgift er der et vildt farvesprog, fælles med mesteren, og rent figurativt går ingen af dem af vejen for at fortælle store historier om liv og død, både på det jordiske og kosmiske plan.
Installation view
Olivia Holm-Møller (1875-1970) met her great idol, J.F. Willumsen (1863-1958), at least once in her lifetime, and she never hid how much she admired his work. One was not allowed to speak ill of him – if anyone did, she would leave the company! Her artistic courage was inherited from Willumsen. She had the ability to paint on a grand scale, disregarding details to let the whole picture come alive. Additionally, she shared a wild colour palette with the master, and figuratively, neither of them shied away from telling grand stories of life and death, both on the earthly and cosmic planes.