Felix Semper (US) completely redefines one’s notions about what a sculpture is and can be. Felix Semper’s paper sculptures can actually be stretched and manipulated to unrecognizability. The sculptures are built in layers of paper that are glued together. The result is a new kind of paper-street art-style, that with a mix of humour and seriousness stretches your imagination… Felix Semper primarily finds his inspiration in mainstream pop culture, but also his own background, as a Cuban-born American. This is, among other things, seen in the sculpture of Jose Marti (Cuban national hero) or ASAP ROCKY (American rapper). Felix Semper visited our art museum in connection to the opening of the exhibition and held interesting artist talks, where he described his sculptures.

Vally Nomidou (GR) builds his sculptures of women out of paper and tells, with them, stories about the body, feelings, pain, and life. Every single little paper fiber vibrates so the hairs on the observer raise. Vally Nomidou builds his vulnerable and skin-like surfaces in layers of paper material, which creates a present and poetic story of the human body and its experience, which can be felt all the way down the back and out into the fingertips.

Together Will Kurtz, Warren King, Felix Semper, and Vally Nomidou show the diversity in the use of paper to tell concrete and general stories about the human body, that will leave you curious and reflective.

Participating artists:

Vally Nomidou (GR), Felix Semper (USA), Will Kurtz (USA), and Warren King (USA)

Thanks for funds to:

Kulturministeriets Udlodningsmidler, Region Nordjyllands Store Kulturpulje, Statens Kunstfond, Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond, Den Obelske Familiefond, United States Embassy Copenhagen