Ditte Ejlerskov

Ditte Ejlerskov (born 1982) is a Danish contemporary artist. She was born in Frederikshavn, Denmark, and lives and works in Denmark. In 2017, her official portrait of Helle Thorning-Schmidt at Christiansborg was positively received by local critics.[1][2][3]

Parts of Ejlerskovs artistic process consist of interaction with the Internet. Everything from written correspondence with email-scammers, paparazzi photographs downloaded from Google and contemporary music videos are brought into Ejlerskovs universe. With simultaneous disdain and fascination, Ejlerskov started to use Rihanna as a motif in her work. A few years ago, Ejlerskov was drawn to Barbados, Rihanna’s home country, after an email correspondence with an Internet scammer. The scammer and Ejlerskov exchanged a series of emails, all of which was turned into a book and a film before she again started to focus on the painting. Ejlerskov's work investigate thematic and perceptual experiences pertaining to her generation, but also with references to post-colonial and post-feminist ideas. A large part of her work deals with contemporary pop-culture, where the purpose is to draw attention to what is happening in the intermediate positions, between the private and public space.[4]

The main tool in Ditte Ejlerskov's practice is media literacy. Most of Ejlerskov's work is founded on interactions with the Internet; written correspondences with email-scammers from exotic parts of the world, translations of trashy paparazzi photos into large scale abstract paintings or detailed medieval-looking copperplate etchings based on imagery from a contemporary music video. Her abstract and representational paintings analyse and explore the potential of painting as medium itself, as well as they are tools for interpreting our contemporary reality.[5][6][7][8]

Most of Ejlerskov's work has a feminist angle[9][10][11] and questions the space between the personal and the public; suggesting an individual experience within a stream of collective consciousness. The work "About: The Blank Pages" is a collaboration with EvaMarie Lindahl and it highlights Taschen Basic Art - a book series that consists of 95 books of artists's biographies, 5 of which are of women artists.[12][13][14][15][16]

Exhibitions

Ejlerskov has mainly exhibited at institutions in Sweden. For example at Malmö Konsthall[8] in Malmö, at Malmö Art Museum[17] in Malmö, at Skissernas Museum in Lund,[18] Uppsala Konstmuseum[19] in Uppsala and at Konstakademin[20] in Stockholm. She has also exhibited in Norway at Kristiansand Kunsthall in Kristiansand[21] and at Stenersenmuseet in Oslo,[22] at Den Frie Udstillingsbygning and Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen, Denmark, at CCA Andratx[23] in Andratx, Spain, at Bonn Art Museum[24] in Bonn, Germany, at Amos Anderson Art Museum[25] in Helsinki, Finland and at Barbara Davis Gallery in Houston, Texas, US. Ejlerskov was nominated for Carnegie Art Award 2012.[26]

Reviews

References
  1. "Michael Jeppesen anmelder Thorning-portræt: Swiper til højre". Altinget.dk. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. "Sådan har du aldrig set Helle Thorning før". 21 April 2017.
  3. "Statsministerportrættet af Helle Thorning-Schmidt viser et kvindeikon i mandeklubben". 27 April 2017.
  4. Archived copy Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Ditte Ejlerskov – Carnegie Art Award". www.carnegie.se. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014.
  6. "LARMgalleri". Archived from the original on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  7. "Ditte Ejlerskov - Kunstdk.dk". Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  8. "Malmö Konsthall". Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  9. "Féminisme : La fesse n'est pas dite".
  10. "Ditte Ejlerskov, un bon coup de Minaj".
  11. "Kopenhagen Art Institute: Bow Down Bitches". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  12. info@konsthall.malmo.se. "Malmö Konsthall". Konsthall.malmo.se. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  13. NODE, André Pahl (25 April 2014). "Kunstkritikk — Taschen under Fire". Kunstkritikk.com. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  14. "About: Blank Pages – feminist history in the making at Malmö Konsthall". Culturenordic.com. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  15. "Arkiv - Malmö stad". Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  16. "Taschen under Fire". 25 April 2014.
  17. "Om konstmuseet - Malmö stad". Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  18. "Skissernas museum - Arkiv för dekorativ konst". Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  19. "Uppsala kommun - the Collector". www.uppsala.se. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  20. Konstakademin
  21. Kunsthall, Kristiansand. "The Muse". Kristiansand Kunsthall. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  22. "Ditte Ejlerskov – Carnegie Art Award". www.carnegie.se. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014.
  23. CCA Andratx
  24. "Home". kunstmuseum-bonn.de.
  25. "Amos Rex". Amos Rex. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  26. Carnegie Art Award
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