Bente Skjøttgaard

Timberline

Bente Skjøttgaard

2. 02. > 08. 03. 2022

Timberline represents a border beyond which some forms of life cannot survive, thus extending a symbolic invitation to treasure life and value its importance. Here Bente Skjøttgaard pays tribute to trees, to their slow growth, to their resilient nature and their ability to absorb waste, to the precious shelter they become for many animals and tiny life forms.. […]

Tableau

Bente Skjøttgaard

7. 11. 2021 – 08. 01. 2022

The tableau or tableau vivant designates a type of theater, where actors are immobilized as a silent image for a brief instant on a set, usually inspired by History. In the science field, the word tableau (table) refers to a structured presentation of a specific topic in images, words or numbers. Tableaux by Bente Skjøttgaard brings to life both these definitions. […]

Look at me !

Bente Skjøttgaard

10.11.2018 – 5.01.2019

At the risk of sounding narcissistic – Look at me ! – the title of Bente Skjøttgaard’s new exhibition is not the epitome of discretion, for two reasons : first of all, because of the source of inspiration, the subject matter itself : a particularly reflective species that ineluctably catches the eye because of its luminous beauty. It is the so-called Sea walnut, a Comb jelly referred to as Mnemiopsis leidyi in Latin. Second of all, because of the great damages that this small auto-fertilising hermaphrodite has been causing since its accidental introduction in the Black Sea by the water spillage of cargos in the 1980s: a preoccupying biological and environmental reality that requires attention.

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Cambrai

Looking at clouds

Participation : Bente Skjøttgaard

21. 12. 2019 – 27. 06. 2020

Bente Skjøttgaard’s contemporary sculptures are presented alongside sketches by painter Georges Maroniez (1865-1933). The ensemble comes as an addition to the exhibition of the permanent collections entitled Regarder les nuages : pour une histoire de l’art du paysage. Choix dans les collections du musée. (Looking at clouds : For a history of landscape art. Picks from the museum’s collections).

Madoura – Lieu d’art, d’histoire et de création –  Vallauris

Look at me !

Bente Skjøttgaard

15.04 – 26.07.2019

“Bente Skjøttgaard makes us part of an ecological thought process in which drama lies insidiously in wait behind the wonder of materials and forms. The object of our fascination is Mnemiopsis leidyi, a pelagic ctenophore (comb jelly). Invasive, and as predatory as it is destructive, it exerts a never-ending fascination [extract from the text by Yves Peltier, curator].