The exhibition was supported by:

Augustinus Fonden

Augustina Kunsthal

Photo by Jacob Friis-Holm Nielsen

Unattended

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Anne Marie Ploug is a graphic artist recognised for her experimental approach to printmaking. She is ambitious, playful, and constantly pushes the boundaries of what graphic art can be. Ploug masters most printmaking techniques, from woodcuts and Remazol printing to copperplate printing, serigraphy and photogravure – and she enjoys mixing them. Ploug does not care about rules, which is why it is sometimes the copper plate itself, rather than the print as one might expect, that constitutes the work. “Printmaking is king,” says Ploug. In that case, she is its queen.

Ploug’s visual world is one of plants and growth, which she uses to explore concepts such as the delicate and the strong, the vulnerable and the resilient. Ploug focuses on what takes place in the shadows, what is abandoned or overlooked. The fact that no one is looking does not mean there is no life. Unattendedis an invitation to slow down and let your gaze drift to the periphery, where what normally stands a little unseen or in shadow unfolds when given attention.

In the exhibition, Ploug follows in the footsteps of the White Palace’s first resident, Princess Louise, who – far from the capital – lived a quiet yet intellectually rich life in Augustenborg. She was physically malformed due to a growth condition and therefore had no matrimonial prospects. Yet she was exceptionally well-read and deeply engaged with astronomy and theology in particular. Drawing on Princess Louise’s life, Ploug examines both fragility and resilience in order to nuance our ideas about life in the shadows.